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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Walter Adrian Goodman, Cary, NC (US);
Kenton Coleman Green, Cary, NC (US);
Walter Adrian Goodman, Cary, NC (US);
Kenton Coleman Green, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A vibration damping carrier for a disk drive. The carrier may be made of plastic and includes a pair of flexible rails securable to mounting holes in a raised pad on opposing sides of a disk drive housing. Each flexible rail secures one or more sets of a spring and a protuberance in transverse alignment with the spring. Each spring is outwardly extending for engaging opposing walls of a chassis bay and each protuberance is inwardly extending into engagement with the rigid housing. When the disk drive housing and flexible rails are positioned within the chassis bay, each spring and protuberance set is transversely compressed. Typically, the disk drive housing and the chassis bay are rectangular such that the spring and protuberance are transversely compressed. The protuberances provide localized reinforcement of the rails and prevent any significant flexing from occurring.