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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Frank William Bernett, Longmont, CO (US);
Kurt Michael Anderson, Louisville, CO (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A shock protection assembly for a disc drive includes a protective cover mounted as the lowest portion of the disc drive. The disc drive includes a base plate and two mounting rails, wherein a printed circuit board assembly is attached to the base plate between the two mounting rails. The protective cover is mounted to the base plate to cover a majority of the printed circuit board assembly while extending a predetermined distance below the mounting rails to shield the mounting rails and the base plate from contact. The shock protection assembly may further include a shock damper positioned between the protective cover and the printed circuit board assembly.