Patent ID: 6327814
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G11B,H01R

Abstract:
A hard disk drive, comprising:a base bottom surface;a printed-circuit board mounted parallel to said base bottom surface;a male connector to which at least one protruded pin is attached in a manner that a longitudinal direction of said pin is substantially parallel to said base bottom surface and is exposed toward said base bottom surface; anda female connector cover portion for covering at least a portion of a plane above a female connector, said plane being substantially parallel to said base bottom surface, wherein said female connector cover portion is provided with plate protrusions that are asymmetrical in a direction of a pin array and protrude along said plane substantially parallel to said base bottom surface and cover at least one end of said female connector; whereinwhen said pin is inserted into a pin-receiving portion of said female connector by guiding said base bottom surface along and on an insert-guidance surface, said female connector is mounted on said insert-guidance surface and has at least one pin-receiving portion corresponding to said pin so that said pin is received by said pin-receiving portion; and whereinsaid female connector cover portion prevents said pin from being inserted into the pin-receiving portion when said base bottom surface is not moved along and on said insert-guidance surface.