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US 11,281,184 B2Granted
Adaptive manufacturing systems, methods, and devices such as hard disk drives
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsRiyan Alex Mendonsa, Brett R. Herdendorf, Anil J. Reddy, Iraj Jabbari
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Abstract
An apparatus such as a hard disk drive includes a base deck, which includes a base member and sidewalls extending from the base member. The base member and the sidewalls both include a non-metallic material and a metallic stiffening material.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a base deck including a base member and sidewalls extending from the base member, the base member and the sidewalls both comprising a non-metallic material and a metallic stiffening material, the non-metallic material comprises a lattice structure, the base member including a structure comprising the metallic stiffening material;
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- a spindle motor positioned within and secured directly to the structure.
A hard disk drive comprising:
- a base deck including a base member and side walls extending from the base member, the base member comprising a first region and a second region, the first region comprising a metallic stiffening material that extends an entire thickness of the base member in the first region, the second region comprising a non-metallic material that extends an entire thickness of the base member in the second region;
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- a spindle motor directly coupled to the first region.
A method for manufacturing a base deck for a hard disk drive, the base deck including a base member and side walls extending from the base member, the method comprising:
- providing a first region of the base member and the side walls of the base deck, the first region comprising a metallic material;
- forming a second region of the base member and the side walls of the base deck comprising a non-metallic material on the first region;
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- coupling a top cover to the side walls of the base deck such that the top cover is directly coupled to a portion of the first region comprising the metallic material and a portion of the second region comprising the non-metallic material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.