Disk drive having a conformal laminated cover seal adhered a top face and four side faces of a helium-filled enclosure
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJon E. Jacoby, John R. Gustafson
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Abstract
A novel hermetically sealed disk drive comprises a disk drive enclosure that includes a disk drive base with a bottom face, four side faces, and a top cover, the enclosure having a top face. The hermetically sealed disk drive also comprises a laminated cover seal that includes a continuous metal foil, and a continuous adhesive layer coating the continuous metal foil. The laminated cover seal conforms to the disk drive enclosure and is adhered to the top face and to each of the four side faces by the continuous adhesive layer. The disk drive enclosure is helium-filled. The continuous metal foil of the laminated cover seal overlaps each of the four side faces by at least 5 mm.
Claims15
A hermetically sealed disk drive comprising:
- a disk drive enclosure including
- a disk drive base with a bottom face and four side faces, and
- a top cover, wherein the disk drive enclosure has a top face that includes an upper surface of the top cover and an upper surface of the disk drive base;
- and
- a laminated cover seal including
- a continuous metal foil, and
- a continuous adhesive layer coating the continuous metal foil;
- wherein the laminated cover seal conforms to the disk drive enclosure and is adhered to the top face and to each of the four side faces by the continuous adhesive layer;
- wherein the continuous metal foil of the laminated cover seal overlaps each of the four side faces by at least 5 mm;
- and
- wherein the disk drive enclosure is helium-filled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.