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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:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Neal F. Gunderson, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Daniel D. Dittmer, Shakopee, MN (US);
Michael A. Mewes, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Inventors:
Neal F. Gunderson, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Daniel D. Dittmer, Shakopee, MN (US);
Michael A. Mewes, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hermetically sealed housing having a base deck, a cover member and a seal assembly constructed of a liquid crystal material (LCM), the base deck and cover member forming an enclosure containing an inert gas atmosphere. Various embodiments have the LCM seal bonded to one or both of the base deck and cover member and bonded to seal the enclosure by molding, compression, adhesive bonding, thermoplastic welding or soldering, or a combination of such.