公开(公告)号：US10399177B1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15909429

申请日：2018-03-01

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Jerome Thomas Coffey ,  Samuel Edward Severson ,  David G. Fitzgerald ,  Jeffrey L. Bruce ,  David R. Lapp ,  Darrel R. Culver

IPC: G11B33/02 ,  B23K20/12 ,  H05K5/04 ,  H05K5/06 ,  H05K5/03 ,  G11B33/04 ,  B23K101/36

Abstract: Described are enclosures that include a friction stir weld, including electronic device enclosures, and precursors thereof, that contain a base and a cover that in an assembled condition form a joint at which a friction stir weld can be produced, as well as methods for producing a friction stir weld at a joint of such an assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20170308114A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15138082

申请日：2016-04-25

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： David G. Fitzgerald ,  Jerome Thomas Coffey ,  Samuel Edward Severson ,  David R. Lapp

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H02G3/22

CPC classification number: G06F1/16 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/027 ,  G11B33/1466 ,  H02G3/22

Abstract: A hard drive includes a base deck and process cover that define a cavity for housing data storage components. The hard drive further includes a final cover that is placed over the process cover and is coupled to the base deck. The final cover and process cover are directly coupled to each other.

公开(公告)号：US09754631B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US14843220

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Samuel Edward Severson ,  David G. Fitzgerald ,  David Ray Lapp ,  Jerome Thomas Coffey ,  Robert M. Gibbs

IPC: G11B33/14 ,  B23K20/12 ,  B23K20/00

CPC classification number: G11B33/1486 ,  B23K20/002 ,  B23K20/122 ,  B23K2101/36 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/14 ,  G11B33/1466

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.

公开(公告)号：US11020816B1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US16121872

申请日：2018-09-05

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Jerome Thomas Coffey ,  Samuel Edward Severson ,  Sok Li Goh ,  S. Selvaruben

IPC: B23K20/12 ,  G11B33/02 ,  G11B33/14 ,  B23K103/04 ,  B23K103/10 ,  B23K103/20

Abstract: Described are methods for forming a friction stir weld between a steel piece and an aluminum piece, with specific examples of the steel piece and the aluminum piece being a cover and a base of an enclosure.

公开(公告)号：US10442030B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15698949

申请日：2017-09-08

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Samuel Edward Severson ,  Jeffrey L. Bruce ,  Jerome Thomas Coffey

IPC: B23K20/12 ,  B23K101/24 ,  B23K101/36

Abstract: Described are tools useful to produce a friction stir weld, methods of forming a friction stir weld, and assemblies such as electronic devices that include a friction stir weld.

公开(公告)号：US20170110158A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-20

申请号：US14882604

申请日：2015-10-14

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Thomas M. Durrum ,  David Ray Lapp ,  Stephen G. Horning ,  Samuel Edward Severson

IPC: G11B33/14 ,  B65B7/28 ,  B65B35/10 ,  B65B31/00

CPC classification number: G11B33/1486 ,  B65B31/046 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/148

Abstract: Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards a manufacturing apparatus including a first chamber having a first cavity, and a first actuator. The first actuator aligns the opening of the first chamber to an opening in a second chamber having a second cavity, sealing the first cavity to the second cavity. The manufacturing apparatus further includes gas flow componentry that in conjunction with the first actuator and first chamber evacuate the second cavity by drawing a vacuum in the first cavity. After the second cavity is evacuated, the gas flow componentry fills the second cavity filled with a gas by introducing the gas to the first cavity. A second actuator seals the gas in the second cavity by applying a seal that covers the opening in the second chamber while the first and second cavity remains sealed to one another via the first actuator.

公开(公告)号：US20170062019A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-02

申请号：US14843220

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Samuel Edward Severson ,  David G. Fitzgerald ,  David Ray Lapp ,  Jerome Thomas Coffey ,  Robert M. Gibbs

IPC: G11B33/14 ,  B23K20/00 ,  B23K20/12

CPC classification number: G11B33/1486 ,  B23K20/002 ,  B23K20/122 ,  B23K2101/36 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/14 ,  G11B33/1466

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.

Abstract translation: 本公开的某些示例性方面针对盘驱动装置。 基座甲板和盖子通过沿着盖的唇缘的摩擦搅拌焊接件相互连接，所述摩擦搅拌焊接沿着盖的周边延伸并且在基座的表面上延伸。 底座和盖子包围一个由焊缝气密密封的空腔。

公开(公告)号：US11077519B1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16170816

申请日：2018-10-25

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Jerome Thomas Coffey ,  Samuel Edward Severson ,  Jeffrey L. Bruce ,  Patrick J. Hains ,  John W. Rigsby

IPC: B25B1/24 ,  B23K20/12 ,  H05K5/00 ,  G11B33/02 ,  B23K37/04 ,  H05K5/06

Abstract: Clamping devices and associated methods that are useful to develop both axial and circumferential clamping forces in response to a common axial clamping force. The clamp is able to use a simple mechanism to generate both kinds of clamping forces from a single, axial actuating force. The clamping devices of the present invention are particularly useful for clamping cover and base deck components of a hard disk drive enclosure together to allow the components to be joined and sealed together using welding techniques.

公开(公告)号：US10569356B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US15956302

申请日：2018-04-18

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Jerome Thomas Coffey ,  Samuel Edward Severson ,  Jeffrey L. Bruce ,  Patrick J. Hains

IPC: B23K20/00 ,  B23K20/26 ,  B23K20/12 ,  B23K26/361

Abstract: Described are deburring tools useful for deburring a friction stir weld, methods of forming a friction stir weld combined with a deburring step, and assemblies such as electronic device enclosures that include a deburred friction stir weld.

公开(公告)号：US20190076957A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-14

申请号：US15698949

申请日：2017-09-08

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Samuel Edward Severson ,  Jeffrey L. Bruce ,  Jerome Thomas Coffey

IPC: B23K20/12

CPC classification number: B23K20/1255 ,  B23K20/1225 ,  B23K20/129 ,  B23K2101/24 ,  B23K2101/36

Abstract: Described are tools useful to produce a friction stir weld, methods of forming a friction stir weld, and assemblies such as electronic devices that include a friction stir weld.