Shock and vibration system

Details Shock and vibration system Shock and vibration system

2001-09-07

2003-12-30

Klimowicz, William (Department: 2652)

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Disk record

C248S603000, C248S632000, C248S638000, C267S136000, C267S153000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06671124

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to shock and isolation systems for shock sensitive articles and, more specifically, to shock and isolation system for disk drives that both support the disk drive and isolate the disk drive from external shock and vibration forces.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
None.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
None.
REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX
None
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
One of the difficulties with sensitive equipment such as computer disk drives is the need to provide effective isolation mounts that damp out shock and vibration forces to the disk drive yet allow the disk drive to be removed for servicing. Unfortunately, computer systems and disk drives need to mounted in areas that are subject to shock and vibration. The present invention allows one to mount a shock sensitive article such as a disk drive to effectively damp out vibrations and shocks thereto by circumferentially positioning a set of elastomers around a multi-faced member so that regardless of the orientation of the shock and vibration forces substantially all the elastomers are in a shear mode to thereby effectively damp out damaging shock or vibration forces.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A shock and vibration isolation system for an article comprising a set of elastomers circumferentially positioned in a shear mode around a member carried by the article to simultaneously support the article and to isolate the article from shock and vibration by dissipation of energy through an internal shear action within the set of elastomers.


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