Removable disk drive and protective device

Details Removable disk drive and protective device Removable disk drive and protective device

1996-09-30

1997-12-02

Renner, Craig A.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Disk record

206592, 248632, 361685, G11B 3308

Patent

active

056942672

ABSTRACT:
A removable disk drive is combined with a protective device for use in a computer. The protective device is constructed as a jacket made of resilient material, the jacket enclosing at least a portion of the surface of the disk drive. In one embodiment, the disk drive includes a substantially rigid disk in a housing having a footprint that includes a first dimension of about 35 mm. In another embodiment, the removable disk drive includes a housing and a substantially rigid disk having a diameter in the range of from about 33 mm to about 34 mm.

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