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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2012
Applicants:

John William Svenkeson, Bloomington, MN (US);

Gregory Jay Samson, St. Michael, MN (US);

Richard Roy Fleming, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Inventors:

John William Svenkeson, Bloomington, MN (US);

Gregory Jay Samson, St. Michael, MN (US);

Richard Roy Fleming, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G11B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/187 (2013.01); G11B 33/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hard drive carrier includes a substrate and an elastomer pad. The substrate includes a pin and an opening. The opening has a perimeter, and the pin is dimensioned to fit inside of a mounting hole of a hard drive. The elastomer pad is molded over or around the pin, or may be place anywhere convenient for dampening vibration in the direction of the pin axis. The elastomer pad spans the opening. The elastomer is attached to the perimeter of the opening, and the elastomer pad has a protruding feature within the perimeter of the opening.


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Svenkeson, John. (2014). Hard drive carrier with vibration isolation (U.S. Patent No. 8861193). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8861193

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