Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mechanical shock protection for electronic device
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Application No.: US15594447Application Date: 2017-05-12
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Publication No.: US10281957B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Robert Fairchild , Julian Liao , Vincent Yang
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Barry IP Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; G11B33/08 ; G11B33/12

Abstract:
An electronic device includes an enclosure and an interior component. A flexible bar protects the interior component from mechanical shock. The flexible bar includes at least one component support portion configured to contact the interior component, and at least one enclosure support portion configured to contact the enclosure. According to one aspect, a first shape protrudes from a first surface of the flexible bar and is configured to receive force applied by the enclosure in a first dimension, and a second shape protrudes from a second surface of the flexible bar and is configured to receive force applied by the enclosure in a second dimension. According to another aspect, a first shape protrudes from a first surface of the flexible bar and is configured to receive force applied by the enclosure and elastically deform before a remaining portion of the flexible bar outside the first shape elastically deforms.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180329457A1 MECHANICAL SHOCK PROTECTION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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