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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2024
Seagate Technology Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Bruno Marchon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rory Stephen Goodman, Boulder, CO (US);
Dipeshkumar J. Purani, Shakopee, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are sealed enclosure HAMR hard drives, and methods for use therewith, that reduce the rate of depletion of gaseous Oxygen within the sealed HAMR drive enclosure, thereby leaving an amount of Oxygen available for mitigation of the effects of carbonaceous residue formation, thus extending the useful life of the HAMR drive. In sealed enclosure HAMR hard drives that include a component having a NdFeB alloy magnet, the sealed enclosure is filled with a gas mixture that includes primarily Helium along with a sufficient amount of Oxygen to mitigate carbonaceous residue formation during the lifetime of the drive and a sufficient amount of Nitrogen to reduce the rate of Oxygen depletion due to oxidation of the NdFeB magnet.