Compliant vibration isolation housing assembly for a data storage system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is a vibration isolation apparatus and method for attenuating vibrations in a data storage system housing.
A spindle motor assembly is mounted to a secondary base which is decoupled from a primary base of the housing.
A compliant member is disposed between the secondary base and primary base, and attenuates spindle motor induced vibrations that would otherwise be transmitted to the primary base and the actuator assembly.
In one embodiment, the actuator assembly is mounted to a tertiary base which is also isolated from the primary base by a compliant member.
The novel vibration isolation apparatus also provides for the dampening of external shock vibrations impinging on the housing of the data storage system.