Patent ID: 6765752
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive compliant with PCMCIA Type II standards, comprising:top and bottom covers that define a central volume; a disk drive mechanism in said central volume; a printed circuit board in said central volume; said central volume comprising a disk drive mechanism region having a first thickness that houses said drive mechanism, and a printed circuit board region outside said disk drive mechanism region and having a second thickness that houses said circuit board; a peripheral region outside said central volume, said peripheral region having a thickness thinner than the entire thickness of the central volume; and an interface connector in said peripheral region comprising horn-shaped connecting portions, said interface connector for making electrical connections external to said central volume, and electrically connected to said printed circuit board by said horn-shaped connecting portions, and said printed circuit board region is located outside a part of said central volume having boundaries in a thickness direction corresponding to and in alignment with boundaries in a thickness direction of the peripheral region.