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US 2026/0268941 A1Published application
Hard disk drive cover damper with enclosed perimeter
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsPatrick M. Thomas, Samuel Edward Severson, Akihiko Ohnaka
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Abstract
A hard disk drive includes a base deck including an internal cavity. A process cover is coupled to the base deck to seal the internal cavity. The process cover includes a cover plate, a damper layer coupled to the cover plate, and a damping material sealed between the cover plate and the damper layer.
Claims20
A hard disk drive comprising:
- a base deck including an internal cavity;
- and
- a process cover coupled to the base deck to seal the internal cavity,
- wherein the process cover includes:
- a cover plate;
- a damper layer coupled to the cover plate;
- and
- a damping material sealed between the cover plate and the damper layer.
5 more elements
A method comprising:
- disposing a damping material at a damper section of a cover plate of a hard disk drive, the damping material being sandwiched and sealed between the cover plate and a damper layer disposed on the cover plate;
- and
- coupling an outer perimeter of the damper layer to the cover plate to form a sealed enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.