Combined shock mount frame and seal for a rigid disk drive

A method for shock mounting and sealing a head and disk assembly ("HDA") mounted on a mounting base of a rigid disk drive, comprising:

• placing a frame in a ledge formed on the inside wall of each of two oppositely facing covers for enclosing a HDA of the disk drive, said frame including a substantially rigid carrier having an central opening therein and a circumferential carrier edge and a elastomeric seal formed on said circumferential carrier edge, said seal including an inwardly facing circumferential angular groove for receiving the mounting base of the HDA;
• inserting the mounting base in said grooves of said frames placed in said oppositely facing covers;
• compressing said covers together to hold said mounting base in said grooves of said seals;
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• sealing the mating edges of said covers;
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• fixing said covers to each other.

An arrangement for shock mounting and sealing a head and disk assembly ("HDA") of a rigid or hard drive comprising:

• a mounting base having a first and second side surface, said first and second side surface having first and second peripheral edges respectively, said HDA being mounted on said first side surface;
• a first and second cover having first and second mating edges for enclosing said HDA and said mounting base;
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• a first and second frame fitted inside said first and second covers respectively, said first and second frames including:
• a first and second substantially rigid frame-shaped carrier having an opening therein, said first and second carrier having a first and second circumferential edge dimensioned substantially the same as said respective first and second peripheral edges of said mounting base, and
• a first and second elastomeric seal formed on said first and second circumferential edge of said first and second carriers, said first and second seals including an inwardly facing circumferential groove configured to receive said first and second peripheral edges of said mounting base.