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Method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed disk drive

  • US 5,454,157 A
  • Filed: 01/10/1994
  • Issued: 10/03/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of producing a hard disk drive having disk drive mechanisms, said disk drive mechanisms including:

  • a plurality of storage platters;

    an actuator arm for positioning a plurality of read/write heads across surfaces of said plurality of platters; and

    a platter spindle, said method comprising the steps of;

    attaching connector means onto a PC board by using a solder fixture means to align said connector means located at predetermined positions of said solder fixture means with predetermined positions on said PC board and then affixing said connector means to said PC board at said predetermined positions on said PC board;

    attaching header means onto a base by using an assembly fixture means to align said header means relative to predetermined slots in a base and then affixing said header means within said predetermined slots in said base while so aligned;

    coupling a cover onto said base to create a hermetically sealed chamber and a seal junction between edges of said cover and said base for housing said disk drive mechanisms; and

    coupling said connector means of said PC board with said header means of said base so that there are no connecting means located within said seal junction of said hermetically sealed chamber.

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