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US 2006/0215324 A1Published application
Encapsulated miniature hard disc drive
AssigneeEncap Motor Corporation
InventorsGriffith Neal, Dennis Lieu
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Abstract
A miniature hard disc drive has a metal base plate, an actuator assembly wherein the actuator assembly comprises a plurality of bearings, a shaft, and a housing; a spindle motor assembly comprising a stator with conductors, a shaft, a plurality of bearings, and a rotor; and a monolithic body of phase change material unitizing the actuator assembly housing and stator to the base plate. Methods of developing and constructing the hard disc drive are also disclosed.
Claims34
A disk drive, comprising:
- a molded enclosure including a base, a cover, and a coupling mechanism to couple the base to the cover;
- a pivot insert molded into the base;
- a spindle motor including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the spindle motor insert molded into the base, the second portion of the spindle motor attached to the first portion to form the spindle motor;
- a disk mounted to the spindle motor;
- and a head stack assembly having a coil portion pivotally coupled to the pivot.
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A disk drive, comprising:
- a molded enclosure including a base, a cover, and a coupling mechanism to couple the base to the cover, the base including an insert molded mounting skeleton;
- a pivot attached to the mounting skeleton;
- a spindle motor including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the spindle motor attached to the mounting skeleton, the second portion of the spindle motor mounted to the first portion to form the spindle motor;
- a disk mounted to the spindle motor;
- and a head stack assembly having a coil portion pivotally coupled to the pivot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.