Patent ID: 6735043
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc drive comprising:a top cover; a base plate attached to the top cover; two mounting rails extending downward from a bottom surface of the base plate, each mounting rail adapted to secure the disc drive to a support surface, the mounting rails being made of a first material; a printed circuit board assembly (â€œPCBAâ€ ) attached to the bottom surface of the base plate between the two mounting rails, such that the mounting rails extend below the PCBA; and a shock absorbing protective cover mounted to the base plate to cover a majority of the PCBA, the protective cover extending a predetermined distance below the mounting rails wherein the protective cover is made of a second material that is more absorptive to an applied shock than the first material, wherein the protective cover includes mounting tabs extending from opposite sides of the protective cover, the mounting tabs secured to mounting surfaces on the base plate to maintain the protective cover suspended the predetermined distance below the mounting rails, the mounting surfaces comprise the two mounting rails and each mounting rail defines a notch for receiving one of the mounting tabs.