Patent ID: 7106582
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: F16F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A shock-mount assembly for attachment of an electronic device to a support structure comprising: a suspension member comprising (a) a generally planar cross member having two ends, each end having a hole for attachment to the electronic device, (b) a first generally planar cantilever beam having its fixed end attached to one end of the cross member, the first cantilever beam extending generally parallel to the length of the cross member with its free end located closer to the midpoint of the cross member than to the end of the cross member, the first cantilever beam having its plane oriented generally perpendicular to the plane of the cross member, and (c) a second generally planar cantilever beam having its fixed end attached to the other end of the cross member, the second cantilever beam extending generally parallel to the length of the cross member with its free end located closer to the midpoint of the cross member than to the end of the cross member, the second cantilever beam having its plane oriented generally perpendicular to the plane of the cross member, the first and second beams being generally coplanar and having holes in their free ends for attachment to the support structure; damping material located on each generally planar surface of each cantilever beam; at least one clamping plate having holes for alignment with the holes on the free ends of the cantilever beams for compressing the damping material against the beams when the free ends of the beams are attached to the support structure; and fasteners for attaching the clamping plate and the cantilever beams to the support structure through the aligned holes of the clamping plate and the cantilever beams, the clamping plate compressing the damping material when attached to the support structure by the fasteners.