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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Allan Brown, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John Martin Burns, San Jose, CA (US);
Holavanahally Seshachar Nagaraj, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
James Joseph O'Neill, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Muhammad Inayet Ullah, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Leo Volpe, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Herman Russell Wendt, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 401 ; 264102 ;
Abstract
A method of degassing a disk drive component including heating the drive component to a temperature ranging from about 70.degree. C. to 250.degree. C.; subjecting the drive component to vacuum pressure during heating, the vacuum pressure having a first pressure and a second pressure; and monitoring the vacuum pressure to determine the level of degassing of the disk drive component.