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US 10,650,864 B1Granted
Hard disk drive with cover and cover support
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsGordon A. Harwood, Hany Michael Gross, David J. Jennings, Stanislaw Dobosz
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Abstract
Described are electronic hard disk drives that are made to include: a base; a cover; interior components such as a stack of magnetic recording disks, reading and recording heads, electronics to read and record and to transfer data to and from an external electronic device; and a cover support at the interior of the device to inhibit movement of the cover.
Claims19
A hard disk drive comprising:
- a base comprising an interior,
- a cover secured to the base at a perimeter and covering the interior, the cover comprising an interior surface on an interior side of the cover,
- components within the interior, comprising:
- a disk stack assembly comprising multiple rotatable hard magnetic disks, and
- an armature assembly comprising multiple armatures in a pivoting stack, the assembly comprising armatures and magnetic heads capable of magnetically engaging the disks, and
- a cover support at the interior that limits movement of the cover in a direction toward the interior by contacting the interior side at a non-apertured location of the cover and suppresses vibration of the cover caused by acoustic energy.
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A method of assembling a hard disk drive comprising:
- a base comprising an interior,
- a cover secured to the base at a perimeter and covering the interior, the cover comprising an interior surface on an interior side of the cover,
- components within the interior, comprising:
- a disk stack assembly comprising multiple rotatable hard magnetic disks, and
- an armature assembly comprising multiple armatures in a pivoting stack, the assembly comprising armatures and magnetic heads capable of magnetically engaging the disks, and
- a cover support at the interior that limits movement of the cover in a direction toward the interior by contacting the interior side at a non-apertured location of the cover, the method comprising:
- placing the cover over the base and securing the cover to the base at the perimeter of the base,
- removing a gaseous atmosphere from the interior, and
- placing a low density gaseous atmosphere at the interior.
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A hard disk drive comprising:
- a base comprising an interior;
- a cover secured to the base at a perimeter and covering the interior, the cover comprising an interior surface on an interior side of the cover,
- components within the interior, comprising:
- a disk stack assembly comprising multiple rotatable hard magnetic disks, and
- an armature assembly comprising multiple armatures in a pivoting stack, the assembly comprising armatures and magnetic heads capable of magnetically engaging the disks, and
- a cover support at the interior that limits movement of the cover in a direction toward the interior by contacting the interior side at a non-apertured location of the cover,
- wherein the cover support comprises a polymeric composition in contact with the interior surface of the cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.