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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Wayne M. Yamada, San Jose, CA (US);
Norman Watkins, Gilroy, CA (US);
Frederick J. Hanke, Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wayne M. Yamada, San Jose, CA (US);
Norman Watkins, Gilroy, CA (US);
Frederick J. Hanke, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive includes a disk drive base and a cover engaged with the disk drive base. The disk drive further includes a formed-in-place gasket disposed between the disk drive base and the cover. The formed-in-place gasket is formed of a cured elastomer having a cross-sectional cavity for allowing the formed-in-place gasket to compress upon engagement of the cover and the disk drive base.