Multipiece deck for hard disk drive
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsWolfgang Rosner, Timothy Edward Langlais, Hany Michael Gross, Joseph H. Sassine
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided, including a base-deck floor; a base-deck frame, overlying the base-deck floor; a top cover, overlying the base-deck frame; and an affixing means operable to attach the base-deck frame to the base-deck floor, wherein the base-deck frame is operable to be fastened to both the base-deck floor and the top cover to provide a housing for a hard disk drive. A method is also provided, including assembling at least a portion of a hard disk drive assembly on a base-deck floor; affixing a base-deck frame to the base-deck floor; and securing a top cover to the base-deck frame.
Claims23
An apparatus, comprising:
- a base-deck floor comprising a first metal;
- a base-deck frame comprising a second metal different than the first metal, overlying the base-deck floor;
- a top cover, overlying the base-deck frame;
- and
- an affixing feature operable to affix the base-deck frame to the base-deck floor,
- wherein the base-deck frame is operable to be fastened to both the base-deck floor and the top cover to provide a housing for a hard disk drive.
A method, comprising:
- assembling at least a portion of a hard disk drive assembly on a stamped base-deck floor;
- affixing a cast base-deck frame to the base-deck floor;
- and
- securing a top cover to the base-deck frame.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a top cover, optionally comprising stamped stainless steel;
- a base-deck assembly, the base-deck assembly comprising
- a base-deck frame comprising cast aluminum and
- a base-deck floor comprising stamped stainless steel no more than 2000 μm thick;
- and
- an affixing means for affixing the base-deck frame to the base-deck floor,
- wherein the base-deck frame is operable to mate with both the base-deck floor and the top cover to provide a housing for a hard disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.