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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jerome Thomas Coffey, Boulder, CO (US);
David R. Lapp, Boulder, CO (US);
Samuel Edward Severson, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/1446 (2013.01); B23K 20/1225 (2013.01); B23K 20/1255 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are enclosures that include a friction stir weld, including electronic device enclosures, and precursors thereof that contain a metal base that includes a recess and a metal cover that in an assembled condition form a joint at which a friction stir weld can be produced, as well as methods for producing a friction stir weld at a joint of such an assembly; the base includes at least one bow wave reduction feature.