| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 369750110 | WITH PARTICULAR CABINET STRUCTURE | 39 |
| 20080273438 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PERSONAL COMPUTER - An electronic apparatus includes: a housing that is provided with an opening at a bottom face thereof; a printed circuit board accommodated in the housing; a first lid member that is detachably arranged so as to cover the opening; a disk drive that is mounted in a lower position than the printed circuit board inside the opening in a state where the first lid member is removed from the opening; and a second lid member that is detachably arranged so as to cover the opening in a state where the disk drive is mounted inside the opening, wherein the second lid member has a storage section, and the disk drive is stored in the storage section. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080310277 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device includes: a storage medium including a first and a second main surface; a first cover member disposed on the first main surface side; a second cover member in a frame shape disposed on the second main surface side corresponding to the first cover member; and a pair of hook portions connected to the second cover member and sandwiching outer edge portions of the first cover member. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090052296 | Computer with Multiple Hard Drives - One exemplary embodiment is a computer having a base and first and second hard disk drives enclosed in the base. The second hard disk drive is stacked on the first hard disk drive and is removable from the base. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090073842 | COUPLING STRUCTURE OF HARD DISK DRIVE USING STUD - A coupling structure of a hard disk drive using a stud. The coupling structure includes a stud insertion hole formed in the base plate, a stud, a first screw insert hole, a first screw, a second screw insert hole, and a second screw. The stud includes a first screw coupling hole formed in an upper portion and a second screw coupling hole formed in a lower portion, and is inserted into the stud insertion hole to be fixed to the base plate. The first screw insert hole is formed at a position of the cover plate disposed over the base plate corresponding to the stud. The first screw is inserted into the first screw insert hole to be coupled to the first screw coupling hole so that the cover plate is coupled to the base plate. The second screw insert hole is formed at a position of the PCB disposed under the base plate corresponding to the stud. The second screw is inserted into the second screw hole to be coupled to the second screw coupling hole so that the PCB is coupled to the base plate. A protective cover is disposed under the base plate to cover and protect the PCB. The protective cover is also coupled to the base plate by the second screw coupled to the second screw coupling hole of the stud. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090097375 | Disk drive device and manufacturing method thereof - Embodiments of the present invention provide a simpler, miniaturizable, and highly reliable hermetically sealed enclosure structure in a disk drive device. According to one embodiment, a hard disk drive (HDD) comprises an HDD main unit, a case for housing the HDD main unit, a lid with a feedthrough function for closing an opening of the case, and an FPC connector for interconnecting the HDD main unit and a plurality of pins fixed to the lid. The lid is joined to the case and completely closes the opening of the case. The case and the lid form a sealed enclosure; the internal HDD main unit is housed in the sealed space. Housing the HDD main unit in a sealed space may increase resistance of the HDD to external environmental changes. Sealing low density gas like helium in the sealed space may improve the performance of the HDD. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090103414 | COOLING IN HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE SYSTEMS - In one embodiment an enclosure for a high-density storage system, comprises a backplane to which a plurality of data storage devices may be coupled, a front panel opposite the backplane and defining a first airflow channel adjacent a front side of the data storage devices, a back panel opposite the front panel and comprising a second airflow channel adjacent the backplane, a floor panel and a top panel, a first side panel comprising an array of air flow inlets, a second side panel comprising at least one air flow outlet, and a fan assembly to expel air from the at least one air outlet. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090109822 | EXTERNAL STORAGE MODULE AND SHOCK ABSORPTION ELEMENT THEREOF - An external storage module includes a case, a storage device disposed in the case and a plurality of shock absorption elements. The case has a first connector and the storage device has a second connector corresponding to the first connector, wherein the second connector suits to electrically connect the first connector. The shock absorption elements are assembled at the sides of the storage device and the outer surface of each shock absorption element press and contact the inner surface of the case, wherein each shock absorption element includes a shock absorption body and a plurality of protruding structures disposed on the inner surface of the shock absorption body. The shock absorption bodies in association with the protruding structures are used to clamp at the sides of the storage device. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090122681 | DISK ACCOMMODATING DEVICE, DISK APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A disk accommodating device for accommodating a disk includes a housing on which an opening portion for allowing the disk to be accommodated into a disk accommodating section therethrough is formed, and a lid member for closing up the opening portion. The housing has a support portion for supporting a one-end side of the lid member for pivotal motion such that the other end side of the lid member may move toward and away from the housing. The disk accommodating section has an upright piece attached for pivotal motion on the side opposite to the side thereof on which the support portion is provided such that the upright piece engages at one end thereof with the disk accommodating section and at the other end thereof with the lid member so as to be erected uprightly from the disk accommodating section in response to pivotal motion of the lid member. The upright piece has a raising up portion provided thereon for raising up, when the lid member is pivoted in a direction in which the lid member is spaced away from the housing, the disk accommodated in the disk accommodating section from the disk accommodating section. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090238055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JUDGING PRESENCE/ABSENCE OF LOADING SPACES - Disclosed herewith is a library apparatus having plural loading cells, each of which can load at least two articles and using a pushing device that pushes the articles into the loading cell from its opening. And if the moving distance of any of the articles, which is pushed into the loading cell, is smaller than a first moving distance, the library apparatus judges that the loading cell has no loading space. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100002557 | REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE WITH VIBRATION REDUCTION STRUCTURE - A removable storage device includes a base including a first frame and a second frame connected to a first frame. A containing space is formed on the second frame. A first connector is disposed on an end of the second frame. A height difference is formed between the first frame and the second frame. The removable storage device further includes a storage module installed on the first frame. A second connector is disposed on an end of the storage module. The removable storage device further includes a cable. One end of the cable is connected to the first connector, and the other end of the cable is connected to the second connector. A part of the cable is contained in the containing space of the second frame. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100046343 | FOLDABLE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING HARD DISK - A foldable portable electronic device, a system and a method for protecting a built-in hard disk thereof are disclosed. The foldable portable electronic device includes a display and a main body. The system includes a trigger, a lid switch, and a logic judgment module. When the foldable portable electronic device is away form a flat surface, the trigger generates a first signal; when the display is folded onto the main body, the lid switch generates a second signal. The logic judgment module determines the method to control and protect the hard disk in accordance with the first signal and the second signal. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100067344 | INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE HAVING A DISK DRIVE AND A BRIDGE CONTROLLER PCB WITHIN A MONOLITHIC CONDUCTIVE NEST - An information storage device includes a disk drive and a disk drive printed circuit board (PCB) with a disk drive interface connector. A bridge controller PCB is connected to the disk drive interface connector, and includes a host interface connector. An electrically conductive nest of monolithic construction receives the disk drive housing and the bridge controller PCB. The electrically conductive nest includes an enclosure portion enclosing the bridge controller PCB with a conductive grounding tab in contact with the host interface connector. The enclosure portion includes a first plurality of conductive fingers each in contact with the disk drive housing. The electrically conductive nest also includes an extended shield portion adjacent the second side of the disk drive base and overlying the disk drive controller PCB. The extended shield portion includes a second plurality of conductive fingers each in contact with the disk drive housing. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100097912 | ADAPTATION DEVICE FOR HARD DISK DRIVE - An adaptation device includes a lower casing member including a connection interface and forming a bottom slot in a front bottom, at least one retention flange on side walls, and pivot receiving holes in rear portions of the side walls. A retention board forms a connection interface receiving opening in a front end, rotation shafts on a rear end, and pawls on a bottom. The shafts are movably received in shaft slots defined in a rotary board. Pivots are formed below the shaft slots for being received in pivot receiving holes defined in the lower casing member. The rotary board has a hold-down plate. With a hard disk drive placed on the retention board and connected to a connection interface, the cover and the rotary board are closed forward to have the hold-down plate holding down the hard disk drive. The cover is then moved backward for fixation. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100226231 | Breakage Prevention Structure of Ramp - In order to prevent breakage in a resin near the peripheral edge part of a metal reinforcement plate of a plate insert type ramp due to heat shrinkage without increasing wall thickness of the resin near the peripheral edge part of the plate or without reducing the thickness of the plate, a part or all of the peripheral edge parts of the reinforcement plate are exposed from the front surface of the ramp body, the reinforcement plate being exposed from the front surface of clearance portions between a plurality of disk insertion parts formed at one of four sides of the ramp body and/or the peripheral edge parts of the ramp body at its other three sides. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100290329 | CONDUCTIVE PATHS IN A HARD DISK DRIVE ENCLOSURE - A hard disk drive enclosure with conductive paths. A base plate comprising an electrically conductive material with at least one contact surface that allows for an electrically conductive path, wherein the at least one contact surface has a substantially flat surface. A cover comprising an electrically conductive material comprising at least one tab with a substantially flat surface for contacting the at least one contact surface of the base plate, wherein the at least one tab contacts the at least one contact surface of the base plate with a force and forms an electrically conductive path between the cover and the based plate, and wherein the at least one tab deforms upon the contact with the at least one contact surface of the base plate with the force. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110002212 | ADHESION STRUCTURE AND METHOD USING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE, DISK DRIVE DEVICE USING THE ADHESION STRUCTURE AND METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISK DRIVE DEVICE - A base plate containing aluminum as a main component and an electrically conductive counter plate are bonded together through the medium of an electrically conductive adhesive. Even when an oxide film is formed on the surface of the base plate, electrical continuity between the base plate and the counter plate, which are connected together through the medium of the electrically conductive adhesive, is improved by a process of applying a resistance lowering voltage, which reduces the resistance component due to the oxide film by causing a dielectric breakdown. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002213 | HOLDER OF MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS, MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A holder of a magnetic storage apparatus is suggested that can efficiently absorb the shock when a vibration or shock is applied to the magnetic storage apparatus. A plurality of holding members (first shock absorbing material foam rubber | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110110212 | STORAGE DEVICE - The hard disk drive device includes a casing, a hard disk drive unit, and cushioning members interposed between the hard disk drive unit and the inside wall of the casing and adapted to receive stress and absorb impact stress through strain. The cushioning members include a first layer situated towards the inside wall of the hard disk drive unit, a second layer situated towards the hard disk drive unit, and a third layer situated between the first layer and the second layer. The individual materials of the cushioning members are established such that the third layer has lower hardness than the first layer and the second layer, based on JIS K6253 standard. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110170393 | CARTRIDGE SYSTEM - When inserted in the slot | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110182163 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - The following problem associated with optical pickup devices is solved: the temperature of a laser element is increased by excessive temperature rise in a laser driver circuit and this degrades the quality of writing and reading information to and from an optical disc. In an optical pickup enclosure, there is formed a groove recessed into a U shape, extended from the upper surface thereof opposed to an optical disc to the lower surface of the optical pickup enclosure. An air guide passage through which an air flow is passed is formed of this groove recessed into a U shape and a circuit board fastened to the outer circumferential side of the optical pickup enclosure with a screw. At this time, the laser driver circuit element is attached to the side of the circuit board opposed to the air guide passage. In a radiation cover attached to the upper surface of the optical pickup enclosure and in thermal contact with the laser element, an opening is formed. This opening is substantially identical in shape with the aperture area in the air guide passage and is located in a position corresponding to the opening of the air guide passage in the upper surface of the optical pickup enclosure. Thus the air guide passage continues from the opening in the lower surface of the optical pickup enclosure to the surface opposed to the optical disc. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120033538 | STORAGE APPARATUS - A storage apparatus comprising: a casing forming a housing chamber; a disk drive housed in, at a spacing from, the housing chamber, such that unit outer walls of the disk drive are separated by a clearance from inner walls of the casing; and a buffer member interposed in the clearance between the disk drive and the casing, for absorbing an impact stress. The buffer member is formed of a material having flexibility, and is provided with: a support part fitted to a wall surface of one of either the disk drive or the casing; a hemispherically shaped dome part, formed on the support part; and an abutment part, formed along a top portion of the dome part, abutting on a wall surface of the other of either the disk drive or the casing. The dome part and the support part form, together with the wall surface of the one of either the disk drive or the casing, a sealing chamber sealing in air, whereby the dome part is lent elasticity. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120176879 | DISK DRIVE DEVICE WITH HUB HAVING A ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY OF AXIAL RUN-OUT SMALLER THAN 0.1 .mu.M FOR IMPROVED SHOCK RESISTANCE - The disk drive device includes a base plate, a hub on which a recording disk is mounted, a shaft bearing unit that is arranged on the base plate and that rotatably supports the hub, and a spindle drive unit that drives the hub to rotate. The spindle driving unit includes a stator core having a salient pole, a coil wound around the salient pole, and a magnet opposed to the salient pole. The hub formed of a magnetic material includes an outer cylindrical portion engaged with an inner circumference of the recording disk. A shaft is inserted into a sleeve, and the sleeve, which is of an approximate cylindrical shape, is inserted into a housing as part of the shaft bearing unit. The shaft is fixed to the rotational center of the hub, rotating along the axis together with the hub. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120275285 | Hard Disk Drives With Composite Housings and Related Methods - Improved hard disk drives of the invention comprise a composite housing, wherein the composite housing comprises a base and a cover, wherein at least a portion of the composite housing comprises a laminate of at least one rigid plastic layer and at least one metal coating. Methods for forming the same are also disclosed. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120275286 | Hard Disk Drives Encapsulated With Polymeric Coatings and Related Methods - Improved hard disk drives of the invention comprise: a housing comprising an exterior surface; disk drive components enclosed within the housing for facilitating reading and recording of data at a desired location on at least one disk contained within the housing; and at least one continuous polymeric coating encapsulating the exterior surface of the housing. Methods of forming improved hard disk drives comprising a step of encapsulating the exterior surface of the hard disk drive housing with at least one polymeric coating are also disclosed. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120275287 | Coupling of Hard Disk Drive Housing and Related Methods - A disk drive assembly of the invention comprises: a hard disk drive; a base; and a cover, wherein the base and the cover are mechanically coupled without using essentially any discrete mechanical fasteners to form an enclosed housing comprising internal hard disk drive components between the base and the cover and to irreversibly hermetically seal the hard disk drive. Methods for forming such disk drive assemblies are also disclosed. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130010581 | LIBRARY DEVICE - Disclosed is a library device in which the space to enlarge the magazine can be secured to the rear side of the library device. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130083642 | LIBRARY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONVEYING OF STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a library apparatus that including a storage rack configured to store a plurality of storage media, a recording-reproducing device configured to perform writing of data to the storage media and reading of data from the storage media, a first movement device configured to include, a first attachment-detachment mechanism that inserts a storage medium to and extracts the storage medium from the storage rack or the recording-reproducing device, a first driving unit that supplies first driving force to the first attachment-detachment mechanism, and a first coupling unit that transmits second driving force to the first attachment-detachment mechanism, and a second movement device configured to include, a second coupling unit that transmits third driving force to the first coupling unit when the second coupling unit is coupled with the first coupling unit, and a second driving unit that supplies fourth driving force to the second coupling unit. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130201810 | LIBRARY DEVICE - (JA) The present invention makes it possible, in a library device capable of containing magazines in a two-tier manner, to simultaneously eject two magazines by a simple mechanism with a reduced number of constituent parts. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130322223 | LIBRARY APPARATUS - A library apparatus which can be used alone and which, when linked, enables conveyance of a cartridge between linked library apparatuses by minor remodeling, that is, a library apparatus which is provided in a cabinet with first to third storage racks which can store a plurality of recording media, a drive of the cartridges, and a robot which conveys a cartridge between the first to third storage racks and the drive by an instruction from a control device, wherein when expanding the capacity by providing another library apparatus of the same specifications as the library apparatus, part of the first storage rack which is at the back side at the same height from the set surface of the cabinet is replaced with a track member which passes between the cabinets, and a moving member which can convey a cartridge is provided on the track member. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140160912 | LOCKING MECHANISM AND LIBRARY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a locking mechanism which can perform the reduction of non-actual working hours of the library apparatus. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140211602 | HIGH DENSITY HYBRID STORAGE SYSTEM - A system includes a linear storage media tier; a second storage tier having higher performance than the linear storage media tier; a data controller for moving data between the tiers; and a host interface responsive to disk and/or network storage commands. The linear storage media tier includes: a rest area for storing reels having linear media thereon, at least one linear media drive configured for reading and/or writing the linear media, and at least one robot for transporting the linear storage media between the rest area and the at least one linear media drive. The robot moves along a first surface via contact with the surface. A system according to another embodiment includes a linear storage media tier characterized by having a read access time to any block of data stored on any reel in the rest area in less than 10 seconds. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140301175 | BASE FOR DISK DRIVING DEVICE - A base for a disk driving device includes a first bottom part including a region for movement of a recording head; a second bottom part including a mounting region of a component of a voice coil motor; a third bottom part which becomes a mounting region of a pivot bearing unit; and a fourth bottom part forming a peripheral portion of the third bottom part. The second and third bottom parts are partitioned by a rigidity reinforcing part. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150009789 | HARD DISC DRIVE COVER SEAL - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a hard disc drive housing comprising a baseplate having a bottom portion and walls extending from a perimeter of the bottom portion, the walls including a clearance area; a cover that includes a planar interface surface with the baseplate, the interface surface having a width that exceeds the baseplate wall thickness in the clearance area; and a gasket configured to be compressed between the baseplate and the cover at the interface surface. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150055444 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A DATA STORAGE LIBRARY ROBOT AND METHODS OF DETERMINING THE SAME - Systems and methods for determining the location of a mobile robot within a data storage library and to a library including such systems and utilizing such methods. | 02-26-2015 |
| 369078000 | With lid-mounted transducer assembly carrier | 1 |
| 20100027400 | MOTION LIMITING COVER FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE - Disclosed herein are embodiments of motion limiting cover features that improve coil/VCM coupled resonance. The features are flexible in that their position and configuration can be customized to specifically target a certain type of undesirable motion, such as undesirable twisting (i.e., torsion) and/or bending. | 02-04-2010 |
| 369079000 | With closure-operated interlock or braking actuator | 2 |
| 20090213713 | LATCHING MECHANISM FOR FOLDING DRIVE BAY DOOR - An exemplary latching mechanism for folding drive bay door ( | 08-27-2009 |
| 20140022879 | DECELERATING MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An electronic device for reading and writing information on an optical disc includes a base, a cover, and a decelerating mechanism. The decelerating mechanism can switch between an unresisting position and a resisting position. When the cover is closed, the decelerating mechanism moves from the resisting position to the unresisting position to allow rotation of the optical disc. When the cover is opened, the decelerating mechanism moves to the resisting position for braking and stopping the rotation of the optical disc. A decelerating mechanism in an electronic device is also provided. | 01-23-2014 |
| 369080000 | Particular acoustical structure (e.g., baffle) | 2 |
| 20100103792 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - Provided is an optical disk device, including a top case and a bottom case which constitute a housing having a substantially box shape in which: the top case includes, on one side thereof, a hook which engages with the bottom case; the bottom case includes an engaging portion which is provided with a cutout which engages with the hook; and a shielding portion for preventing an air flow passing through the cutout is provided in an inside of the cutout. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100322054 | Elastic Wave Reflection - An apparatus and associated method for reflecting elastic waves that propagate from an excitation source to an excitation-sensitive component in a device. The device has an enclosure with a base constructed of a first metal. An elastic wave reflector is constructed of a different second metal and is operably affixed to the base. The elastic wave reflector defines a support surface to which the excitation-sensitive component is operably affixed within the enclosure. | 12-23-2010 |
