US 12,456,497 B2
Disk apparatus having a shock absorber between a housing of the disk apparatus and a protective cover for the disk apparatus
Masaki Morita, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP); and Hisashi Hasegawa, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki (JP); and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/459,317.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-038722 (JP), filed on Mar. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0312490 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G11B 33/08 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01); G11B 33/02 (2006.01); G11B 33/12 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 33/08 (2013.01) [G11B 25/043 (2013.01); G11B 33/027 (2013.01); G11B 33/122 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disk apparatus comprising:
a housing including a base, the base including a bottom wall and a frame-like side wall standing upright along peripheral edges of the bottom wall, and a top cover joined to the base;
a rotatable disk-shaped recording medium disposed in the housing;
a protective cover including a top plate secured to the top cover and a side plate facing one side surface of the base;
a shock absorber sandwiched between the side plate and the one side surface of the base; and
a circuit board on which an interface connector is mounted, wherein the circuit board is mounted to the housing such that it faces the bottom wall of the housing, and wherein the interface connector has an edge which is positioned substantially aligned with an outer surface of the side plate.