Patent ID: 6583950
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An information storage and retrieval device, which is nearly rectangular-shaped, and which can be mounted to and dismounted from an information processing device, and by means of which information recording and reproducing is performed while the device is mounted to the information processing device, the information storage and retrieval device comprising:a basic information storage and retrieval device which conforms to one of a plurality of standards for external dimensions of rectangular-shaped information storage and retrieval devices; a shock-absorbing material which encloses an outside portion of the basic device and forms a combined device with the basic device; and an input-output connector which is connected to an input-output connector of the basic device and is located at a position specified by a dimensional standard of the combined device; wherein the shock-absorbing material is frame-shaped and is separated into a top portion and bottom portion, and wherein a plurality of projections are formed on facing surfaces, and the top and bottom portions engage one another via these projections to form a unit component.