| US 7,548,417 B2 | ||
| Antivibration guide rail for a computer disk drive | ||
| Vincent Lai, Taoyuan Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to In Win Development, Inc., Taoyuan Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on May 15, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/803,631. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0288971 A1, Nov. 20, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—679.36 | 4 Claims |
| 1. An antivibration guide rail for a computer disk drive, having a left and a right guide rail installed respectively on two
sides of a disk drive, each guide rail comprising:
a main body of the guide rail fabricated from hard plastic, and having a bottom surface in contact with said disk drive, and
a top surface;
a soft elastic antivibration pad layer on the bottom surface and the top surface of each guide rail;
at least one conducting pin on a bottom portion of each guide rail, extending through the antivibration pad and slidingly
insertable into a pin hole in a respective side of said disk drive; and
at least one conducting strip projecting beyond the antivibration pad on the top surface and extending through the antivibration
pad on the bottom surface of each guide rail providing an electrical contact with a surface of the disk drive;
whereby, when the antivibration pads are in contact with the disk drive as when the guide rails are respectively slid into
tracks of a computer disk drive slot, the antivibration pads absorb vibration produced when the disk drive is running.
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