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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Mukund Vijay, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A motor base assembly for a storage drive assembly includes a basewall and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the basewall to define an interior of the motor base assembly. The motor base assembly also includes a stiffener support portion disposed within the interior of the motor base assembly. The stiffener support portion includes a stiffener guide slot and a hole adjacent to the stiffener guide slot. The stiffener guide slot is configured to hold a first plate section of a second stiffener region of a flexible printed circuit and the hole is configured to guide a first stiffener region of the flexible printed circuit.