Hard disk drive motor cup support

摘要

A hard disk drive assembly having a hard disk drive positioned within an enclosure. A shock support is interposed between the hard disk drive and at least one wall of the enclosure so that external shocks on the enclosure are transmitted through the shock support. The shock support can be either a rigid support made of metal or a resilient support made of elastomeric material.

主权项

1. A method of reducing deflection of a base plate of a hard disk drive device housing,
the method comprising: mounting a data storage device with a motor and spindle with one or more storage media components mounted on the spindle positioned within a first housing into a second housing; and interposing a shock support between the base plate of the first housing and the second housing so that shocks are at least partially transmitted between the first housing and the second housing via the shock support wherein the shock support is sized and interposed so that the cross-sectional area of the shock support overlaps the cross-sectional area of a motor that drives the spindle and so that the shock support contacts the base plate substantially over its entire cross-sectional area wherein the shock support is formed of a resilient material that is partially pre-compressed between the first and second housing when the data storage device is not experiencing shocks.