Patent ID: 6097567
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
A data storage system comprising:a base unit having a power source and a receptacle, said receptacle having substantially parallel side portions and a first plurality of conductors fixedly secured at an end of said receptacle; anda removable module insertable into said receptacle, said removable module havinga disk drive unit, said disk drive unit having a transducer for converting information stored on an information storage disk into electrical signals, a motor for effecting rotation of said information storage disk, said motor utilizing power from said power source of said base unit for operation, and a housing;a carrier for mounting said disk drive unit, said carrier having side walls substantially parallel to each other and substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of said information storage disk; anda second plurality of conductors fixedly secured at an end of said removable module, said second plurality of conductors being operatively coupled to said disk drive unit;said second plurality of conductors of said removable module being engageable in mating relation to said first plurality of conductors of said receptacle of said base unit in response to a loading force for moving said removable module into a final assembled position in said receptacle, said side walls of said carrier being guided by said side portions of said receptacle during movement of said removable module into said final assembled position wherein all required electrical transmission paths between said base unit and said disk drive unit are completed, said removable module being removable from said final assembled position in said base unit without affecting operation of a remainder of the system.