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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Iraj Kavosh, San Jose, CA (US);
Kirk B. Price, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01); G11B 33/02 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/1466 (2013.01); G11B 33/022 (2013.01); G11B 33/1446 (2013.01); G11B 25/043 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49025 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method for forming a seal for hermetically sealing a hard disk drive assembly. The method includes forming a solder channel within a top cover of a disk drive enclosure and disposing a solder preform on a base of the disk drive enclosure such that the solder preform aligns with the solder channel when the top cover is positioned on the base.