Back to results
US 2022/0284931 A1Published application
Welded base and cover for hard disk drives
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsWei Leng Tee, Chee Kwong Cheng, Samuel E. Severson, S Selvaruban
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A hard disk drive includes a base deck with a floor portion and a side wall portion. The floor portion extends between an upper surface and a bottom surface, and the side wall portion extends from the floor portion. A top cover is coupled to the base deck and includes a ceiling portion and a wall portion. The hard disk drive includes a weld that directly couples the wall portion of the top cover to the floor portion of the base deck.
Claims20
A hard disk drive comprising:
- a base deck including a floor portion and a side wall portion, the floor portion extending between an upper surface and a bottom surface, the side wall portion extending from the floor portion;
- a process cover coupled to the base deck;
- and
- a top cover coupled to the base deck and including a ceiling portion and a wall portion, the wall portion extending from the ceiling portion and terminating between the upper surface and the bottom surface of the floor portion of the base deck.
1 more element
A hard disk drive comprising:
- a base deck including a floor portion and a side wall portion, the floor portion extending between an upper surface and a bottom surface, the side wall portion extending from the floor portion;
- a top cover coupled to the base deck and including a ceiling portion and a wall portion;
- and
- a weld that directly couples the wall portion of the top cover to the floor portion of the base deck.
1 more element
A method for assembling a base deck to a top cover, the method comprising:
- coupling a process cover to a base deck;
- coupling a top cover to the base deck such that a distal end of a wall portion of the top cover terminates adjacent to a floor portion of the base deck;
- and
- welding the top cover to the floor portion of the base deck using friction stir welding.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.