Patent ID: 7701704

Claim:
A data storage device, comprising: a plurality of electronic storage device modules; a housing for receiving the plurality of electronic storage device modules therein; a plurality of longitudinally extended supports provided at laterally spaced intervals within the housing for receiving the electronic storage device modules between respective adjacent laterally spaced pairs of the supports, each of the supports which are disposed between laterally adjacent pairs of the electronic storage device modules having at least one opening formed therethrough; and a plurality of damping spacers respectively assembled in the openings of the plurality of supports to be in slidable contact with corresponding lateral sides of the electronic storage device modules disposed on opposing sides of each support, each damping spacer having two contacting surfaces projecting from opposing lateral sides of the corresponding support for slidably contacting the lateral sides of the electronic storage device modules; wherein the damping spacers are assembled in the openings for simultaneously attenuating vibration of the electronic storage device modules and decreasing a lateral space occupied by the support and the damping spacer.