Seagate Technology Incorporated

Hany Michael Gross

Wolfgang Rosner

Timothy Edward Langlais

Joseph H Sassine

David John Jennings

Neal Frank Gunderson

Jackson Wagner Nichols

Stanislaw Dobosz

Gordon A Harwood

Described are electronic hard disk drives that are made to include: a base; a cover; interior components such as a stack of magnetic recording disks, reading and recording heads, electronics to read and record and to transfer data to and from an external electronic device; and a cover support at the interior of the device to inhibit movement of the cover.

Hard disk drive with cover and cover support

An apparatus is provided, including a base-deck floor; a base-deck frame, overlying the base-deck floor; a top cover, overlying the base-deck frame; and an affixing means operable to attach the base-deck frame to the base-deck floor, wherein the base-deck frame is operable to be fastened to both the base-deck floor and the top cover to provide a housing for a hard disk drive. A method is also provided, including assembling at least a portion of a hard disk drive assembly on a base-deck floor; affixing a base-deck frame to the base-deck floor; and securing a top cover to the base-deck frame.

Multipiece deck for hard disk drive

A media separator plate is provided having a plate main body and a shroud. The plate main body has a continuous, non-interrupted inner circumference and a continuous, non-interrupted outer circumference. The plate main body extends from the inner circumference to the outer circumference and includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The shroud is integrally formed with at least a portion of the outer circumference of the plate main body. The shroud is configured to at least partially surround the plate main body. The shroud extends above the top surface of the plate main body, below the bottom surface of the plate main body and outwardly from the outer circumference of the plate main body.

Disc medium separator plate including multiple airflow directing features

A device includes a first partial, circular shroud which includes an upstream shroud portion and a downstream shroud portion; an upstream slot panel, defining an upstream bypass slot, disposed on the upstream shroud portion; and a downstream slot panel, defining a downstream reentry slot, disposed on the downstream shroud portion. According to one embodiment, an upstream dam is disposed on the upstream shroud portion, and a downstream dam is disposed on the downstream shroud portion. Upstream and downstream slot fins may be integrally formed with the respective upstream and downstream slot panels, extending radially outward from the respective portions of the shroud. A diverter is disposed on the upstream shroud portion, substantially between the first upstream dam and the upstream bypass slot, extending radially inward therefrom, in one embodiment. A separator plate is disposed on an intermediate portion of the shroud, extending radially inward therefrom, in one embodiment. As one example, the device is useful for manipulating flow associated with a spinning disc, such as in a disc drive.

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Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Hany Michael Gross