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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Samuel Edward Severson, Longmont, CO (US);
David G. Fitzgerald, Lafayette, CO (US);
David Ray Lapp, Boulder, CO (US);
Jerome Thomas Coffey, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert M. Gibbs, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/1486 (2013.01); B23K 20/002 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); G11B 33/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards a disc drive apparatus. A base deck and a cover are joined to one another by a friction-stir weld along a lip of the cover that extends along a periphery of the cover and over a surface of the base deck. The base deck and cover enclose a cavity, which is hermetically sealed by the weld.