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US 8,947,825 B2Granted
Low cost high performance hard drive base
AssigneeMMI Precision Forming Pte Ltd.
InventorHendrikus Thijssen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a HDD base comprising: at least two anchor formations for anchoring at least two parts of a HDD; and a rigid member configured to retain anchor formations in a fixed position relative to each other.
Claims25
A hard disk drive (HDD) base comprising:
- a motor hub anchor formation, a ramp pad anchor formation and a pivot emboss anchor formation, said anchor formations being integrally formed on a unitary rigid member and being configured on said unitary rigid member to retain said anchor formations in a fixed position relative to each other and in a common plane.
A HDD comprising:
- a HDD base comprising a motor hub anchor formation, a ramp pad anchor formation and a pivot emboss anchor formation,
- wherein said anchor formations are integrally formed on a unitary rigid member and being configured on said unitary rigid member to retain said anchor formations in a fixed position relative to each other and in a common plane.
An assembled HDD comprising:
- a HDD top cover;
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- a HDD base comprising a motor hub anchor formation, a ramp pad anchor formation and a pivot emboss anchor formation, wherein said anchor formations are integrally formed on a unitary rigid member and being configured on said unitary rigid member to retain said anchor formations in a fixed position relative to each other and in a common plane,
- wherein said unitary rigid member is electrically coupled to the HDD top cover to provide electrical grounding for the assembled HDD.
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