Shock mounted disk drive module having snap-lock cover

Details Shock mounted disk drive module having snap-lock cover Shock mounted disk drive module having snap-lock cover

1992-02-10

1993-06-01

Picard, Leo P.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Electrostatic capacitors

Fixed capacitor

3122232, 248638, H05K 714, A47B 8100

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052165825

ABSTRACT:
A housing assembly forms a fixed disk drive module for a low profile fixed disk drive shock-mounted therein. A frame defines front and a rear endwalls and two sidewalls. Each sidewall defines on one edge a row of enclosed cover slots having receiving portions and latching portions and on the other edge a row of open cover slot openings including entry portions and latching portions. A top cover and a bottom cover each include two peripheral flanges each defining a series of locking tab formations, one series being sized and aligned to mate in a hinging relation with corresponding ones of the enclosed cover slots and the other series to enter the open cover slot openings as the top cover is rotated toward the frame. The locking tab formations of the covers are adapted to enter and engage the latching portions as the covers are longitudinally displaced relative to the frame to an enclosure position. A front cover includes a locking structure for snap locking to the frame such that when the top cover and the bottom cover are attached to the frame at the enclosure position the covers are thereby locked to the frame. An improved shock mounting arrangement is also disclosed and claimed.

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