Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

James Demuth

Keith R Berding

Chunjer Chuck Cheng

Charles D Flanigan

Thomas J Hitchner

A novel disk drive includes a top cover having a plurality of integral anchor tabs extending towards a disk drive base. Each of the plurality of anchor tabs includes a hooking surface that faces the top cover. The disk drive base includes a plurality of retention cavities, each of the retention cavities including a catching surface that faces away from the top cover. Each of the plurality of anchor tabs protrudes into a respective one of the plurality of retention cavities, and may be deformed so that the hooking surface of the anchor tab is in contact with the catching surface of the retention cavity.

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

James Demuth