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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Kamran Oveyssi, San Jose, CA (US);
Kamran Oveyssi, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to a disk drive coupler for reducing particulates in a disk drive. In some embodiments, the disk drive includes a first component having a top surface and a bottom surface, the first component defining an aperture with an interior surface between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a channel on at least one of the top surface, the bottom surface, and the interior surface. In some embodiments, the disk drive coupler includes a fastener configured to be received within the aperture and is configured to secure the first component to a second component. The channel is configured to permit the drawing of air from at least one of the aperture, the top surface, and the bottom surface of the first component before and after the fastener secures the first component to the second component.