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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2009
Applicant:
Andre S. Chan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andre S. Chan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
HGST, Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hard disk drive (HDD) includes a base plate where the base plate includes a disk housing, at least one disk located within a disk shroud in the base plate, a drive cover configured to cover the at least one said disk within said base plate and a reservoir between the base plate and the drive cover and the reservoir is proximate along a periphery of the at least one disk. The HDD also includes a reservoir seal configured to isolate unstable air pressure in the reservoir from the at least one disk.