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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wolfgang Rosner, Burnsville, MN (US);
Timothy Edward Langlais, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Hany Michael Gross, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Joseph H. Sassine, Lakeville, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided, including a base-deck floor; a base-deck frame, overlying the base-deck floor; a top cover, overlying the base-deck frame; and an affixing means operable to attach the base-deck frame to the base-deck floor, wherein the base-deck frame is operable to be fastened to both the base-deck floor and the top cover to provide a housing for a hard disk drive. A method is also provided, including assembling at least a portion of a hard disk drive assembly on a base-deck floor; affixing a base-deck frame to the base-deck floor; and securing a top cover to the base-deck frame.