Patent ID: 6661604
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A plate-like storage apparatus, attachable to and detachable from an electronic system having a first guide portion and a second guide portion, comprising:an apparatus body shaped substantially in a rectangle; a first guide groove and a second guide groove formed in a first side and a second side of said apparatus body so as to correspond to said first guide portion and said second guide portion, with at least one end of each of said first guide groove and said second guide groove extending to a first corner and a second corner of said apparatus body; a first shock absorbing member and a second shock absorbing member provided in a thickness direction on said first side and said second side of said apparatus body at said first corner and said second corner, in which said first guide groove and said second guide groove are formed, and projecting beyond said apparatus body; wherein said first guide groove and said second guide groove formed in said first side and said second side of said plate-like storage apparatus are different from one another in a groove width; in said apparatus body, on said first side and said second side, a first pedestal surface and a second pedestal surface, on which said first shock absorbing member and said second shock absorbing member are mounted, are respectively formed to match said first guide groove or said second guide groove; and in said second shock absorbing member attached to said second pedestal surface on said second guide groove side, a step corresponding to the groove width of said second guide groove is formed.