Method of assembling a hard disk drive
First Claim
1. A method of assembling a hard disk drive, the method comprising steps of:
- providing a base component of a housing of the hard disk drive;
providing a cover component of the housing;
mating the base component and the cover component to form an enclosed housing that encloses disk drive components for facilitating reading and recording of data at any desired location on at least one disk contained within the enclosed housing;
sealing an interface of the base component and the cover component of the enclosed housing with an infrared-transmissive adhesive tape;
filling the enclosed housing with a desired gaseous medium;
optionally, testing the hard disk drive; and
optionally, re-working the hard disk drive.
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Abstract
A method of assembling a hard disk drive comprises steps of: sealing an interface of the base and the cover of an enclosed housing with an infrared-transmissive tape; filling the enclosed housing with a desired gaseous medium; optionally, testing the hard disk drive; and, optionally; re-working the hard disk drive. Preferably, the enclosed housing is free of rubber gasket materials between the base and the cover. A hermetically sealed hard disk drive of the invention comprises: a housing comprising a base and a cover; and disk drive components enclosed within the housing for facilitating reading and recording of data at any desired location on at least one disk contained within the housing, wherein the hard disk drive is free of rubber gasket materials between the base and the cover.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of assembling a hard disk drive, the method comprising steps of:
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providing a base component of a housing of the hard disk drive; providing a cover component of the housing; mating the base component and the cover component to form an enclosed housing that encloses disk drive components for facilitating reading and recording of data at any desired location on at least one disk contained within the enclosed housing; sealing an interface of the base component and the cover component of the enclosed housing with an infrared-transmissive adhesive tape; filling the enclosed housing with a desired gaseous medium; optionally, testing the hard disk drive; and optionally, re-working the hard disk drive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of assembling a hard disk drive, the method comprising steps of:
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providing a base component of a housing of the hard disk drive; providing a cover component of the housing; mating the base component and the cover component to form an enclosed housing that encloses disk drive components for facilitating reading and recording of data at any desired location on at least one disk contained within the enclosed housing; sealing an interface of the base component and the cover component of the enclosed housing with an infrared-transmissive adhesive tape; filling the enclosed housing with a desired gaseous medium; testing the hard disk drive; optionally, re-working the hard disk drive; and irreversibly hermetically sealing the hard disk drive using through transmission infrared bonding to mechanically couple the base component and the cover component.
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