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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
Norman K. Watkins, Gilroy, CA (US);
Inventors:
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
Norman K. Watkins, Gilroy, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive housing member for a disk drive. The disk drive housing member includes a housing body formed of a metallic material. The housing body includes a body surface having a coated portion and plated portions disposed throughout the coated portion. The disk drive housing member further includes an electrically insulative coating disposed upon the coated portion. The disk drive housing member further includes a metallic plating disposed upon the each respective plated portion.