Patent ID: 7298624
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: G06F,G11B,H05K

Abstract:
1. A data storage device chassis for housing a plurality of data storage devices each containing a disk drive, the chassis having a plurality of walls, at least some of the walls having at least one guide strip along at least part of the length of the wall to define a plurality of bays in which data storage devices can be housed, said guide strips supporting respective data storage devices in the bays such that said data storage devices can be slid into and out of the bays by sliding along the guide strips, said at least some of the walls being composite walls that are composed of a non-metallic material such that the surface of said guide strips along which a data storage device slides is non-metallic and such that the parts of the walls that are in sliding contact with a data storage device are non-metallic, and a metal electrically conductive portion passing through the wall to provide for electrical conduction between the bays thereby providing electrical shielding for data storage devices housed in the bays and to provide for additional stiffness to the walls to damp rotary vibrations arising during operation of said disk drives when said data storage devices are housed in the bays, the metal electrically conductive portion being held captive in the wall.