Patents Represented by Attorney David C. Bohn
  • Patent number: 7420774
    Abstract: A housing has a base that includes a baseplate and a rail. The rail projects outwardly to an impact rim along a bottom edge of the rail. The rail includes a flexible web that couples the impact rim to the baseplate. A projecting contact surface on the impact rim is laterally offset from at least one bending axis through the flexible web. An impact to the contact surface is offset from the bending axis by a moment arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Andrew Sievers, Jason Allen Sorrell