Appeal No. 1999-2284
Application 08/798,443
The instant invention relates to a structural arrangement
of a printed circuit board and interface cable connector for a
magnetic disk drive. Appellants' specification
("Specification"), page 1, lines 10-12. The improved
arrangement structure of the printed circuit board and the
interface connector enable an increased degree of freedom of
the arrangement construction of a spindle motor and an
optimized size of the printed circuit board. Specification,
page 13, lines 1-5. The invention places the interface cable
connector on a side opposite the spindle motor and the printed
circuit board is sized so as not to contact with the spindle
motor in the height direction. Specification, page 4, lines
8-12.
Appellants' independent claim 1, reproduced below, is
representative of one embodiment of the invention:
1. In a magnetic disk drive comprising:
a device enclosure having a bottom base and a cover;
at least one storage disk;
a spindle motor, coupled to and extending partially from
the enclosure, the spindle motor having a shaft coupled to the
disk for rotating the disk;
2
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