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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Yoshiroh Amano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Ohyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumio Obata, Kangawa, JP;
Yoshiroh Amano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Ohyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumio Obata, Kangawa, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., AZ Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide a connector for a data storage device having a sufficient strength, and relate to a data storage device using such a connector. In accordance with one embodiment, a data storage device is provided having a circuit board and a connector for making a connection with an external interface. The connector includes bosses disposed on both sides across a center of a direction orthogonal to a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the circuit board and a direction, in which the connector is connected to the interface. The boss is a protrusion that counteracts a force applied to the connector by being embedded in a hole disposed in the circuit board when the connector is disposed in the circuit board. The boss has an oblong shape having a length in a direction, in which the interface and the connector are connected together, longer than a length in a direction orthogonal to a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the circuit board and a direction, in which the connector is connected to the interface. The boss protrudes in the direction perpendicular to the main surface of the circuit board.