Hard disk drive desledder
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsIan Michael Crook, Christopher Wayne Turner
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Abstract
A hard disk drive desledder comprises a support and a cutting member. The support is configured to receive and to support a hard disk drive assembly that includes a hard disk drive and a sled. The cutting member has at least two cutting edges corresponding to respective portions of the sled. The cutting member is movable from a first position spaced apart from the support and a second position adjacent the support to cause the at least two cutting edges to cut portions of the sled to allow the hard disk drive to be removed from the hard disk drive assembly. Related desledding methods are also described.
Claims11
A hard disk drive dismantling apparatus, comprising:
- a support having a support surface to support a hard disk drive assembly comprising an inner disk drive component and an outer case component, the support surface extending substantially in a first plane and having a first dimension extending longitudinally and a second dimension extending transversely at least as great as corresponding length and width dimensions of the outer case component;
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- a dismantling member having a recess defined to at least partially accommodate the length dimension, the width dimension and a depth dimension of the outer case component, the recess having an opening defined substantially in a second plane that extends parallel to the first plane, the opening having at least a pair of opposing edges that extend longitudinally,
- wherein the opposing edges are spaced relative to each other to contact the outer case component substantially parallel to the length dimension of the outer case component when the dismantling member is moved toward the support surface in a direction substantially normal thereto, the contact between the dismantling member and the outer case component deforming the outer case component to dismantle the hard disk drive assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.