| US 7,512,958 B2 | ||
| Holder for disk drives | ||
| Tae Heon Kim, Kyungki-do (Korea, Republic of); Jun Kun Choi, Kyungki-do (Korea, Republic of); Nam Seok Kim, Kyungki-do (Korea, Republic of); Joon Ho Kim, Kyungki-do (Korea, Republic of); and Chil Sung Lee, Kyungki-do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Kyungki-Do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/231,935. | ||
| Application 11/231935 is a division of application No. 10/464456, filed on Jun. 19, 2003, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0026770 (KR), filed on Apr. 28, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0015886 A1, Jan. 19, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 17/028 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 720—715 | 6 Claims |

| 1. A holder for disk drives which is inserted into a central opening of a disk for detachably seating the disk, the holder
comprising:
a circular hub projecting upward and sized equal to the central opening of the disk;
a chuck projected from a lateral portion of the hub, wherein the chuck includes a rear portion elastically connected with
the hub, a peak formed in a front portion of the chuck and a lower circular face of a curvature extended downward from the
peak; and
a support formed integral with the hub for contacting the lower circular face of the chuck to enable circular motion and linear
motion of the chuck in sequence as the lower circular face of the chuck slides on a contact face of the support, wherein the
contact face of the support contacting the lower circular face of the chuck includes an inclined contact portion having a
predetermined angle in respect to a horizontal plane and a horizontal contact portion connected with the inclined portion.
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