Vibration damping apparatus for damping external vibrations

This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-163989 filed on May 31, 2001, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein. A vibration damping apparatus is provided with a main body, an elastic deformation section provided on the main body, and a projection which is made to follow the actions of the elastic deformation section and deform in every direction. The elastic deformation section acts as a damper to enable the vibration damping apparatus to dampen external vibrations transferred to the projection. For that reason, in recording/reproducing apparatus and other electronic apparatus on which the vibration damping apparatus is installed, it is possible to realize a reduction in the time needed to write to and read from a recording medium.