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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Eric Grant Pavol, Louisville, CO (US);
Charles Lee Still, Louisville, CO (US);
Todd Baxendale, Broomfield, CO (US);
Christopher Mcardle, Northglenn, CO (US);
Eric Grant Pavol, Louisville, CO (US);
Charles Lee Still, Louisville, CO (US);
Todd Baxendale, Broomfield, CO (US);
Christopher McArdle, Northglenn, CO (US);
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for isolating and attenuating shock and vibration in a disk module that includes media drives that are mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). The apparatus includes a single printed circuit board (PCB), media drives that are coupled to the PCB, a first reinforcing rail that is attached to the PCB and to a first side of a first one of the media drives, a second reinforcing rail that is attached to the PCB and to a first side of a second one of the media drives, and a locking mechanism for locking the first and second rails together.