Patent ID: 6283438
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A shock absorbing holder apparatus for use in holding and protecting a shock-sensitive device having a predetermined size, said shock absorbing holder apparatus comprising:a frame body defining therewithin an accommodation space for accommodating the shock-sensitive device having the predetermined size;wherein said frame body is formed in a shape and of an elastically deformable material which is expandable such that, when relaxed and with the shock-sensitive device not accommodated in said accommodation space, said accommodation space is adapted to be too small to accommodate the shock-sensitive device having the predetermined size, such that said frame body can be stretched to expand said accommodation space to allow for insertion of the shock-sensitive device thereinto, and such that, when the shock-sensitive device is inserted in said accommodation space, said frame body can be relaxed so that said accommodation space is shrunk to be adapted to tightly fit about the shock-sensitive device;wherein said elastically deformable material and said shape of said frame body is further such that said frame body is deformable to absorb shock from outside said frame body to thereby protect the shock-sensitive device when accommodated in said accommodation space of said frame body; andwherein said frame body is provided with a holding arrangement comprising inner wall surfaces of said frame body for holding the shock-sensitive device; wherein said frame body comprises walls forming a ring shape and having a U-shaped section opening inwardly, and said holding arrangement is defined by said U-shaped section;wherein said walls of said frame body comprise:side walls having a shape adapted to correspond to side surfaces of the shock-sensitive device;and a top wall extending in an approximately perpendicular direction from upper end portions of said side walls for a first predetermined length, part of said top wall is provided with a concave portion having a predetermined depth.