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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2006
Steve Hanssen, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert C. Reinhart, San Jose, CA (US);
Kunihiro Shida, San Jose, CA (US);
James Sullivan, San Jose, CA (US);
Stanley Y. Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Steve Hanssen, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert C. Reinhart, San Jose, CA (US);
Kunihiro Shida, San Jose, CA (US);
James Sullivan, San Jose, CA (US);
Stanley Y. Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to sealing an enclosure for a disk drive form factor. According to one embodiment, material is removed from a base casting for the disk drive form factor to enable insertion of a component. The removal of the material results in a portion of the base casting being thin enough to potentially cause an inadvertent hole in the base casting. A hole is purpose created in the base casting to avoid development of the inadvertent hole. A seal is used to cover the created hole in a manner that allows for insertion of the component.