Claims
- 1. A disk drive cage comprising:an interior wall forming a disk drive chamber; and a spring coupled with the interior wall and extending into the disk drive chamber, the spring and disk drive chamber forming a receiving chamber for removably coupling a disk drive.
- 2. The disk drive cage as defined by claim 1 wherein the disk drive chamber is formed in a substantially rectangular shape.
- 3. The disk drive cage as defined by claim 1 wherein the spring is a leaf spring.
- 4. The disk drive cage as defined by claim 1 wherein the spring is permanently connected to the interior wall.
- 5. The disk drive cage as defined by claim 1 wherein the spring is coupled with the interior wall to removably couple with the disk drive when the disk drive is within the receiving chamber.
- 6. The disk system as defined by claim 5 wherein the disk drive chamber is formed in a substantially rectangular shape.
- 7. The disk system as defined by claim 5 wherein the spring is permanently secured to the interior wall.
- 8. A disk system comprising:a disk cage having an interior wall that forms a disk drive chamber, the disk cage also having a spring coupled with the interior wall and extending into the disk drive chamber, the spring and disk drive chamber forming a receiving chamber; and a disk drive removably coupled within the receiving chamber, the spring contacting the disk drive to dampen disk drive vibration.
- 9. A disk drive cage comprising:an interior wall forming a disk drive chamber; and means for dampening disk drive vibration within the disk drive chamber, the dampening means and disk drive chamber forming a receiving chamber for removably coupling a disk drive.
- 10. The disk drive cage as defined by claim 9 wherein the disk drive chamber is formed in a substantially rectangular shape.
- 11. The disk drive cage as defined by claim 9 wherein the dampening means is a spring.
- 12. The disk drive cage as defined by claim 9 wherein the dampening means is permanently connected to the interior wall.
PRIORITY
This application claims priority from 1) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/661,654, filed Sep. 14, 2000, and entitled, “Anti-Vibration Disk Drive Cage” and 2) U.S. provisional patent application serial No. 60/154,525, filed Sep. 16, 1999, and entitled, “Anti-Vibration Disk Drive Cage,” the disclosures of which are incorporated herein, in their entireties, by reference.
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