Patent ID: 6275352
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc drive, comprising:a spindle motor which rotates a disc about a disc axis;a base deck, having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the spindle motor mounted to the interior surface; anda plurality of isolation devices which receive fasteners to secure the base deck to a surface of a user environment in which the base deck is mountable, each of the isolation devices coupled to the exterior surface of the base deck and comprising:a rigid threaded collar into which a corresponding one of the fasteners is engagingly inserted;a compliant elastomer portion which mechanically isolates the collar from the base deck so that neither the collar or the corresponding one of the fasteners contacts the base deck, each elastomer portion secured within a corresponding recess of the exterior surface of the base deck; anda rigid stiffener which surrounds at least a part of an outer surface of the elastomer portion to form an aperture between the stiffener and the base deck.