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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunjer Chuck Cheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Thomas J. Hitchner, San Martin, CA (US);
James Demuth, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles D. Flanigan, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunjer Chuck Cheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Thomas J. Hitchner, San Martin, CA (US);
James Demuth, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles D. Flanigan, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A novel disk drive includes a top cover having a plurality of integral anchor tabs extending towards a disk drive base. Each of the plurality of anchor tabs includes a hooking surface that faces the top cover. The disk drive base includes a plurality of retention cavities, each of the retention cavities including a catching surface that faces away from the top cover. Each of the plurality of anchor tabs protrudes into a respective one of the plurality of retention cavities, and may be deformed so that the hooking surface of the anchor tab is in contact with the catching surface of the retention cavity.