Patent ID: 6236533
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc drive assembly including:a disc drive housing defining a disc drive chamber containing a stack of rotatable rigid recording discs, an electric motor operatively coupled to the stack of discs for rotating the discs, an actuator assembly supporting transducers for reading data to and writing data from selected discs, and an electric motor operatively coupled to the actuator assembly for positioning the transducers to selected positions relative to the discs, the disc drive housing having a first external surface and a curved external end surface joined to the first surface forming a curved external junction between the first surface and the end surface;a cable connector mounted to the disc drive housing, the cable connector includinga connector housing having a recess, the recess having a first surface and a curved second surface joined to the first surface in a curved junction conforming to at least a portion of the curved junction of the first and end surfaces of the disc drive housing, the first surface of the recess engaging a portion of the first surface of the disc drive housing and the second surface of the recess engaging a portion of the end surface of the disc drive housing so that at least a portion of the curved junction between the first and end surfaces of the disc drive housing is received in the recess and the portion of the curved junction of the first and end surfaces of the disc drive housing engage the curved junction of the first and second surfaces of the recess, anda plurality of contacts supported by the connector housing for receiving a connector electrically connected to external circuits anda circuit board mounted to the connector housing and to the first surface of the disc drive housing to provide electrical connection to the electric motors and the transducers.