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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2017
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Vipin Ayanoor-Vitikkate, Union City, CA (US);
Toshiki Hirano, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A hermetically-sealed container for one or more data storage devices may include a first container part or base including a planar main portion, a plurality of sidewalls extending from the main portion, and a plurality of diffusion length extender flanges extending inward or outward from a corresponding sidewall. A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, including a layer of adhesive and a layer of low-permeability material, is positioned at the interface or edge of each flange to hermetically seal the container, whereby the diffusion length corresponding to the leakage of gas from the hermetically-sealed container corresponds generally to the width of the flange(s). The hermetically-sealed container may then be filled with a lighter-than-air gas such as helium.