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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
May. 30, 2006
May C. Kung, San Jose, CA (US);
Sudha Narayan, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunjer Chuck Cheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mahdad Manavi, San Clemente, CA (US);
John R. Gustafson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
May C. Kung, San Jose, CA (US);
Sudha Narayan, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunjer Chuck Cheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mahdad Manavi, San Clemente, CA (US);
John R. Gustafson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Western Digital Technolgies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive includes an opaque cover secured to a base, where the opaque cover has an opening. A see-through insert, which includes an electrically conductive material, is affixed to the opaque cover over the opening. The electrically conductive material may be a coating applied to the see-through insert which, in one embodiment is a polymer coating having a certain surface resistivity. Alternatively, the coating's ESD-dissipative properties may be due to the presence of sputtered gold, sputtered indium tin oxide or a metal film. The electrically conductive material may alternatively be embedded in the see-through insert.