Seagate Technology Incorporated

Paul Allison Beatty

Dipeshkumar J Purani

Paul S Tyler

Silvia De Vito Luebben

Rory Stephan Goodman

Kendall Hayne Fung

Scott Edward Ryun

Christopher L Hill

Jackson Wagner Nichols

Michael Richard Fabry

Ted Randal McDonald

Dale Herbert Erickson

Kenneth Eugene Schultz

Hassan Rezayat

Philip W Viet

Walter Wong

James Morgan Murphy

James Hart Smith

Jeffrey James Croxall

James Rex Staggers

Joe Amade Wood

Robert A Bruce

Michael D Ries

David Lapp

Serge Jacques Fayeulle

Silvia DeVito Luebben

Thomas M Durrum

Brenda Kaye Drake

Maxwell Reese Kraus

David A Olivero

Sumit Chandra

Brian T Dahl

Shantanu Dattatrey Joshi

Daniel Scott Thompson

Zine-Edine Boutaghou

Patrick M Thomas

Electronic devices that include a composition that can generate a gaseous oxidizing agent component; and a generating device configured to actively cause the composition to generate the gaseous oxidizing agent component. The generating device includes at least one metal-air battery that is in electrical communication with a power source that is configured to apply power to the metal-air battery according to a predetermined time interval to recharge the metal-air battery to generate the gaseous oxidizing agent component.

Electronic device that includes a composition that can actively generate and release a gaseous oxidizing agent component into an interior space of the electronic device, and related subassemblies and methods

The present disclosure relates to electronic devices that include a composition that actively generates a gaseous oxidizing agent component within the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also relates to electronic devices that include a container that includes a gaseous oxidizing agent component in a manner that the gaseous oxidizing component can transfer from the container to the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also involves related methods.

The present disclosure relates to electronic devices that include a composition that actively generates a gaseous oxidizing agent component within the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also involves related methods.

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

The present disclosure relates to electronic devices that include a composition that generates a gaseous oxidizing agent component within the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also relates to electronic devices that include a container that includes a gaseous oxidizing agent component in a manner that the gaseous oxidizing component can transfer from the container to the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also involves related methods.

Electronic device that includes a composition that can release and optionally generate a gaseous oxidizing agent component into an interior space of the electronic device, and related subassemblies and methods

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving a desiccant chamber and related componentry, as may be utilized for controlling humidity in electrical enclosures. As may be consistent with one or more embodiments, an environmental control module (ECM) includes a desiccant chamber with a desiccant material therein, first and second membranes in a pathway extending from the desiccant chamber and through respective openings in the ECM, and a gasket and enclosure on the ECM which seal the pathway. A seal in the pathway seals the opening in ECM leading to the first membrane and desiccant chamber during evacuation and fill of an electrical enclosure in which the ECM may be employed, and can be broken to couple the desiccant to the electrical enclosure.

Cavity seal and moisture control

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

Aspects of this disclosure are directed to methods, apparatuses and approaches involving the use of a moisture absorbing material (e.g., desiccant) to control moisture. As may be implemented consistent with one or more embodiments, moisture is removed from an environmental control module that includes a desiccant material contained within a package. Liquid is deposited inside the package and sealed with the desiccant in the package.

Humidity control for enclosure

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward a disc drive apparatus having an inner enclosure structure that resides within an outer disc drive enclosure. The inner enclosure structure includes an environment-adsorption material, an inner volume of gas, and an aperture-defining membrane. The environment-adsorption material combines a first-type of molecules with a second-type of molecules that are present in the outer disc drive enclosure. Additionally, the aperture-defining membrane facilitates diffusion of the second-type of molecules into the inner enclosure structure and into contact with the environment-adsorption material to adsorb the second-type of molecules into the first-type of molecules, which reduces the volumetric pressure in the outer disc drive enclosure.

Contamination control for a disc drive

A humidity control method and apparatus that can be utilized to provide humidity control within an enclosed assembly such as a disc drive. The apparatus includes a container that is at least partially formed of a material through which water vapor can freely move. The apparatus also includes a humidity-controlling mixture that comprises at least one salt and a superabsorbent polymer. The humidity-controlling mixture is enclosed within the container.

Humidity control method and apparatus for use in an enclosed assembly

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Paul Allison Beatty