Seagate Technology Incorporated

Jeffrey James Croxall

David Lapp

Paul Allison Beatty

David G Fitzgerald

Robert Mitchell Gibbs

Robert A Alt

Neal Frank Gunderson

Iraj Jabbari

Dipeshkumar J Purani

Wolfgang Rosner

Silvia DeVito Luebben

Jeffrey Leonard Bruce

Brenda Kaye Drake

Sonia Marrero

Sumit Chandra

Kok Chai Low

Brian T Dahl

Edward J Seibert

The present disclosure includes embodiments of an electronic device having a housing that defines an interior gas space, and desiccant disposed therein. The desiccant includes one or more zeolite compositions to manage the relative humidity of the interior gas space.

Electronic device having an interior gas space that includes one or more desiccants

Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards dual cavity apparatus and related methods involving hermetically sealing the cavities by evacuating and atmosphere therein, filling the cavity with a gas, and sealing the gas in the cavities. This evacuation and fill approach is carried out through openings that provide access to the cavities. During evacuation of at least one of the cavities through one of the openings, one or more spacers prevent the cavity from collapsing in response to the vacuum force.

Method and apparatus with multiple cavities

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving filters and detection of operation thereof. As may be consistent with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a fixture having mechanical components that hold a filter. Gas flow componentry operates with the fixture to eject particles from the filter by subjecting the filter to gas flow. A flow metering circuit meters the gas flow, and a particulate counter detects the ejected particles.

Filtration, filter characterization, and methods and apparatuses therefor

A hard drive includes a base deck with sidewalls to define a cavity. The hard drive further includes a weld lip that is positioned along and extends from the sidewalls. The weld lip includes a thermal choke that is configured to reduce heat transfer from the weld lip to the sidewalls.

Methods and devices for sealing hard drives

Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards an apparatus including a base deck forming a sealed cavity. A filter coupled to a surface of the base deck within the cavity filters particulate from a flow of gas in the cavity. The recirculation filter including a protrusion extending over a surface of a storage medium within the cavity that diverts gas from a surface of the storage medium toward the filter. A bypass channel, defined by a portion of the cavity and a portion of the filter, in conjunction with the protrusion forms a pressure differential that draws a first portion of the diverted gas through the filter by bypassing the filter with a second portion of the diverted gas.

Particulate filter

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Boulder, CO, United States of America

Jeffrey James Croxall