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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2006
Applicant:
Aaron D. Little, Campbell, CA (US);
Inventor:
Aaron D. Little, Campbell, 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 radial top cover gasket is used for sealing a disk drive assembly. In one embodiment, a disk drive assembly includes a baseplate having a sidewall disposed about a periphery of the baseplate. The disk drive further includes a top cover that is disposed within the sidewall of the baseplate. A gasket is then radially compressed between the top cover and an inner face of the baseplate sidewall.