Patent ID: 8649168

Claim:
A case arranged to contain a disk storage apparatus having a hexahedral shape including a outer flat face, the case comprising: a case wall including a case inner flat face that extends along the outer flat face of the disk storage apparatus when the disk storage apparatus is contained in the case; and a deformable plate disposed between the outer flat face and the case inner flat face and that extends along the case inner flat face when the disk storage apparatus is contained in the case, wherein the deformable plate includes: a first arched plate portion having a arched shape in a cross-section as viewed in a direction parallel to the case inner flat face, the first arched plate portion including a first top portion, a first foot portion and a second foot portion, the first top portion disposed closer to a first flat face that is one of the outer flat face and the case inner flat face than a second flat face that is the other of the outer flat face and the case inner flat face, the first foot portion and the second foot portion disposed closer to the second flat face than the first flat face, the first arched plate portion configured to be deformed under a pressure applied perpendicularly to the first top portion; and a first flexible plate portion that is continuous with the first foot portion and extends from the first foot portion in a direction away from the first top portion, the first flexible plate portion configured to bend in response to deformation of the first arched plate portion.