Patent ID: 8305751

Claim:
A disk drive test slot comprising: a housing defining: a test compartment for receiving and supporting a disk drive transporter carrying a disk drive for testing, and an open end providing access to the test compartment for insertion and removal of the disk drive transporter carrying the disk drive for testing; a mounting plate connected to the housing; and one or more isolators disposed between the housing and the mounting plate, said one or more isolators being operable to inhibit transmission of vibrational energy between the housing and the mounting plate, wherein the one or more isolators are displaceable in a negative Y direction relative to flange members that are U-shaped or fork-shaped extending from the mounting plate, the flange members being configured to engage respective second isolators; wherein a main body member associated with the mounting plate comprises one or more self-clinching studs connecting the main body member to at least one of the one or more isolators.