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Patent No.:

US 8454755 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2012
Applicant:

Western Digitial Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jit Han Tan, Petaling Jaya, MY;

Wai Khuen Yee, Bandar Tun Razak, MY;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An assembly tool is provided. The assembly tool comprises a body, a first vacuum channel defined within the body, and a first locating pin attached to the body. The first locating pin has a shaft portion arranged within a surrounding portion of the body. The first locating pin is configured to engage a first alignment feature of a hard drive component at a first contact area to align the hard drive component with the assembly tool. The body is configured to couple the first vacuum channel to a vacuum source and to facilitate particle evacuation from the first contact area via the first vacuum channel when a vacuum is applied by the vacuum source.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Tan, Jit. (2013). Methods for evacuating particles from a hard drive component (U.S. Patent No. 8454755). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8454755

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