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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jerome Thomas Coffey, Boulder, CO (US);
Samuel Edward Severson, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Bruce, Longmont, CO (US);
Patrick J. Hains, Longmont, CO (US);
John W. Rigsby, Longmont, CO (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Clamping devices and associated methods that are useful to develop both axial and circumferential clamping forces in response to a common axial clamping force. The clamp is able to use a simple mechanism to generate both kinds of clamping forces from a single, axial actuating force. The clamping devices of the present invention are particularly useful for clamping cover and base deck components of a hard disk drive enclosure together to allow the components to be joined and sealed together using welding techniques.