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US 10,923,160 B2Granted
Testing assembly for sealed hard disk drives
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsNoel Castaneda, Jerome F. Griep, Jeffrey Benjamin Tattershall
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Abstract
A hard disk drive includes a base deck, a cover coupled to the base deck to create an internal cavity, and a testing assembly coupled to the cover. The testing assembly includes a housing and is arranged to expose an organic material, for example grease or oil, to the internal cavity.
Claims18
A hard disk drive comprising:
- a base deck;
- a cover coupled to the base deck to create an internal cavity;
- and
- a testing assembly coupled to the cover and arranged to expose an organic material to the internal cavity, the testing assembly including a housing that comprises aluminum, is partially positioned outside the internal cavity, and partially extends into the internal cavity.
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A method for testing a hard disk drive, which includes an internal cavity and is coupled to a testing assembly, the method comprising:
- positioning a grease or oil in the testing assembly;
- and
- heating the grease or oil by applying heat to the testing assembly to facilitate migration of the grease or oil within the internal cavity.
A hard disk drive comprising:
- a base deck;
- a cover coupled to the base deck to create an internal cavity;
- and
- means for exposing a grease or oil to the internal cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.