Diffusion barrier against migration of volatile organic contaminants into hard disk drive interior

Abstract

Disclosed are sealed-enclosure disk drives that utilize diffusion barriers to prevent volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) from migrating or flowing through interstitial spaces between covers of the disk drives, and thereby reaching the interior space where components reside that may be susceptible to VOCs. Accordingly, a diffusion barrier is disposed between the top cover and the process cover of the hard drive and positioned to reside in a migration path of VOCs to the interior space. The VOCs are primarily produced by a source of VOCs located in interstitial spaces between the covers, for example an adhesive that bonds the covers, a vibration dampener material, or the like. The diffusion barrier may include activated carbon selected to absorb and/or sequester VOCs.

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