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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Nicholas D. Smyth, San Jose, CA (US);
David K. Myers, Campbell, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive has a disk drive base with a central cavity surrounded by a peripheral wall that has a peripheral top face. The disk drive has a top cover with an outer periphery spaced from the peripheral wall by a peripheral clearance gap. A foil seal is adhered to a central top face of the top cover and the peripheral top face of the peripheral wall, and spans the peripheral clearance gap. The top cover includes a first channel that is depressed relative to the central top face. The foil seal covers the first channel, and the first channel is vented to the central cavity by a venting channel that connects the first channel to the peripheral clearance gap.