Patent ID: 8223482

Claim:
A portable computing device, comprising: an outer housing configured to enclose and support one or more internal components, said outer housing having a width, depth and height; a hard disk drive located within said outer housing, said hard disk drive having a standardized hard disk drive form factor, wherein the dimensions of at least two of said outer housing width, depth and height are less than the width and height dimensions of said standardized hard disk drive form factor; and a mounting assembly located within said outer housing and coupled to said hard disk drive, said mounting assembly having one or more components adapted to damp a mechanical shock to said hard disk drive, wherein said one or more mounting assembly components include a first stage spring portion comprising an extended finger geometry that provides initial damping of said mechanical shock and a second stage spring portion comprising an elastic block that provides final damping of said mechanical shock, wherein the damping properties of said first stage and second stage spring portions are significantly different.