Appeal No. 1999-2284
Application 08/798,443
Yet another structural embodiment of the instant
invention is recited by Appellants' independent claim 14,
reproduced below:
14. 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;
a voice coil motor, coupled to the enclosure, for
controlling the position of a carriage, the carriage
supporting a magnetic head, the head being positioned relative
to the disk for reading or writing magnetic information to and
from the disk;
a printed circuit board, coupled to the enclosure, for
controlling the magnetic disk drive; and
an interface cable connector, coupled to the printed
circuit board, for providing a connection from a main CPU to
the printed circuit board;
wherein said printed circuit board is disposed outside
the device enclosure at a position under the enclosure base,
the printed circuit board being sized and shaped to cover a
minority of a bottom surface of the enclosure case.
In rejecting Appellants' claims, the Examiner relies on a
single reference:
Vettel et al. (Vettel) 5,038,239 Aug. 6,
1991
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