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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt M Anderson, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9702 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a relatively large, multi-chamber fluid buffer between the interior of the drive and the surrounding external environment. The large fluid buffer is provided by a plurality of channels and chambers stamped into the cover of the disk drive, through which channels and chambers fluid must diffuse in order to enter or exit the drive.