Invention Publication
- Patent Title: ROTATIONAL DIPPING OF STORAGE DISK MEDIA
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Application No.: US18365955Application Date: 2023-08-04
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Publication No.: US20240116078A1Publication Date: 2024-04-11
- Inventor: Qi Sun , David W. Oswald , Robert M. Tierney
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: B05D5/08
- IPC: B05D5/08 ; B05C3/09 ; B05C13/02 ; B05D1/18

Abstract:
Devices and methods are disclosed for a lubricant station for applying lubricant to storage disk platters. The lubricant station includes a tub for holding lubricant and a caddy disposed in the tub, with the storage disk platters placed in the caddy. The caddy includes a mandrel configured to raise and lower the storage disk platters into the tub. The caddy also includes rotatable shafts configured to hold the storage disk platter. The caddy also includes a drive mechanism for rotating the rotatable shafts. The lubricant station also includes control circuitry configured to lower the storage disk platters onto the rotatable shafts of the caddy, rotate the rotatable shafts and the storage disk platters, and remove the storage disk platters from the tub.
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