Patent ID: 8081442
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A removable data-storage device comprising: a main data-storage unit; an exterior housing for containing the main data-storage unit; an elastic shock-reduction part between an inner wall of the exterior housing and the main data-storage unit for reducing a mechanical shock to the main data-storage unit by elasticity; and an external connector exposed from an opening of the exterior housing; wherein the main data-storage unit is placed at the rear of the external connector as viewed from the opening, the external connector is joined and secured to the main data-storage unit and the exterior housing, the elastic shock-reduction part is configured to deform with a movement of the main data-storage unit in the exterior housing produced by a mechanical shock and a movable range of the external connector is smaller than a movable range of the main data-storage unit; a shaft restricting a movement of the external connector, wherein the external connector is joined and secured to the exterior housing via the shaft, a resin bushing between an outer surface of the shaft and an inner surface of a hole of the external connector;