Hermetic hard disk drives comprising integrally molded filters and related methods
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1. A hermetic hard disk drive, comprising:
- a housing comprising a base and a cover, wherein at least one of the base and the cover comprises a plastic moldable material;
at least one disk for storage of data within the housing;
an actuator for reading and recording of the data on the at least one disk; and
a filter comprising a filter frame integrally molded within and comprising the plastic moldable material and extending toward an interior of the housing of the hard disk drive,wherein the hard disk drive is hermetically sealed, andwherein only the cover or only the base comprises the filter comprising the integrally molded filter frame.
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Abstract
A hermetic hard disk drive of the invention comprises: a housing comprising a base and a cover, wherein at least one of the base and the cover comprises a moldable material; at least one disk for storage of data within the housing; an actuator for reading and recording of the data on the at least one disk; and a filter comprising an integrally molded filter frame within the moldable material of the housing of the hard disk drive. Methods of forming such hard disk drives are also disclosed.
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22 Claims
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1. A hermetic hard disk drive, comprising:
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a housing comprising a base and a cover, wherein at least one of the base and the cover comprises a plastic moldable material; at least one disk for storage of data within the housing; an actuator for reading and recording of the data on the at least one disk; and a filter comprising a filter frame integrally molded within and comprising the plastic moldable material and extending toward an interior of the housing of the hard disk drive, wherein the hard disk drive is hermetically sealed, and wherein only the cover or only the base comprises the filter comprising the integrally molded filter frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A hermetic hard disk drive, comprising:
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a housing comprising a base and a cover, wherein at least one of the base and the cover comprises a plastic moldable material; at least one disk for storage of data within the housing; an actuator for reading and recording of the data on the at least one disk; and a filter comprising an integrally molded filter frame within the moldable material and extending toward an interior of the housing of the hard disk drive, wherein the hard disk drive is hermetically sealed, and wherein at least one side of the filter frame extending toward an interior of the housing is contiguous with a side of the housing.
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22. A hermetic hard disk drive, comprising:
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a housing comprising a base and a cover, wherein at least one of the base and the cover comprises a plastic moldable material; at least one disk for storage of data within the housing; an actuator for reading and recording of the data on the at least one disk; and a filter comprising an integrally molded filter frame within the moldable material and extending toward an interior of the housing of the hard disk drive, wherein the hard disk drive is hermetically sealed, and wherein two sides of the filter frame extending toward an interior of the housing are contiguous with adjacent sides of the housing.
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