Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Disk record
Patent
1987-11-02
1989-07-04
Wolff, John H.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Disk record
360 9701, 360137, G11B 05012
Patent
active
048455814
ABSTRACT:
A disc drive is disclosed which includes a base casting, a spindle motor mounted for supporting one or more discs for continuous rotation, an actuator for selectively positioning the transducers relative to the disc, and a cover which is to be fastened to the base casting to provide a sealed head disc environment. In order to achieve the seal in a preferred form of the invention, several corners of the base casting and/or other points along the edges of the casting are cast with upright posts. In assembly of the drive, a seal is placed around the upstanding edge of the casting, with the post protruding through the seal. The cover, which has openings matching the posts, is pressed down against the seal with the post protruding up through the cover and seal or gasket. An attachment clip is then pressed down over the top of the post, the clip being defined to comprise an annular ring and a plurality of inwardly protruding fingers, the fingers being sufficiently long that their ends slide against and the fingers are flexed by friction between the post and the ends of the fingers. Therefore, when the attachment clip is pressed down in place against the cover, the clip cannot ride back up over the post so that the cover is held tightly down against the gasket and base casting.
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Bussan Matthew J.
Seagate Technology Inc.
Wolff John H.
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