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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Norbert A. Feliss, Aptos, CA (US);
Donald Ray Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Bernhard E. Knigge, San Jose, CA (US);
Norbert A. Feliss, Aptos, CA (US);
Donald Ray Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Bernhard E. Knigge, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A system in one embodiment includes a disk; a reservoir having a selectively openable cover; a lubricant in the reservoir; and a sensor for detecting an event or condition that triggers opening of the cover. A method in another embodiment includes determining that a trigger event or a trigger condition is occurring or has occurred in a hard disk drive; opening a cover of a lubricant reservoir for allowing egress of lubricant therefrom upon determining that the trigger event or the trigger condition has occurred; and closing the cover of the lubricant reservoir after a period of time. Additional systems and methods are also presented.