Hemmed seal for a storage device enclosure
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsJae Suk Lee, Sung Kwon Choi
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Abstract
A storage device enclosure may include a baseplate having a bottom portion and walls extending from a perimeter of the bottom portion, a cover that includes a planar interface surface with the baseplate, and a gasket configured to be compressed between the baseplate and the cover at the interface surface. The cover may include a skirt extending about a perimeter of the cover and one or more discrete areas with a hem in place of the skirt. The baseplate may include one or more close clearance areas are thinner and that correspond to areas of the cover that include the hem. One or more hemmed seals are formed when the baseplate and the cover are pressed together.
Claims15
A storage device enclosure comprising:
- a baseplate having a wall with a thickness that secures one or more electronic components of the storage device within the enclosure;
- and
- a cover that interfaces with the baseplate about a perimeter of the cover to form the enclosure, wherein the cover includes a folded hem that defines a hemmed seal at a portion of the interface with the baseplate and a bent skirt seal at another portion of the interface with the baseplate, wherein the wall of the baseplate has a greater thickness adjacent the bent skirt seal than adjacent the hemmed seal.
A method of manufacturing a storage device enclosure comprising the steps of:
- providing a baseplate that secures one or more electronic components of the storage device within the enclosure;
- and
- providing a cover that interfaces with the baseplate about a perimeter of the cover, the cover formed by:
- creating a skirt that extends about a perimeter of the cover;
- separating a first portion of the skirt to form a separated skirt;
- and
- folding the separated skirt upon itself to create a hem that forms a hemmed seal at a first portion of the interface of the cover with the baseplate.
A hard disc drive comprising:
- one or more circular rotatable storage media;
- a baseplate that secures the storage media within the hard disc drive, the baseplate having a wall;
- and a cover that interfaces with the baseplate about a perimeter of the cover to form the hard disc drive, wherein the cover includes a folded hemmed seal at one or more close clearance areas of interface of the cover with the baseplate and a bent skirt seal formed by a skirt substantially 90 degrees to the cover, wherein the wall of the baseplate has a greater thickness at the bent skirt seal than at the hemmed seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.