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US 7,209,317 · App. 10/404,998 · Granted Apr 24, 2007

Disk drive housing member including an electrically insulative coating and metallic platings and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,209,317
App. No.
10/404,998
Granted
Apr 24, 2007
Kind
B1
Abstract

A disk drive housing member for a disk drive. The disk drive housing member includes a housing body formed of a metallic material. The housing body includes a body surface having a coated portion and plated portions disposed throughout the coated portion. The disk drive housing member further includes an electrically insulative coating disposed upon the coated portion. The disk drive housing member further includes a metallic plating disposed upon the each respective plated portion.

Claims (12)

1. A method of manufacturing a disk drive housing member, the method comprising:

providing a housing body formed of a metallic material, the housing body including a body surface;

coating the body surface of the housing body with an electrically insulative coating;

removing the electrically insulative coating about the body surface to produce exposed portions; and

plating each respective exposed portion with a metallic plating.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the housing body is coated through an electroless plating process.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the housing body is coated through an electro-plating process.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the act of removing includes a machining process.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the act of removing includes an etching process.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the disk drive housing member is a disk drive base, the disk drive base including fastener holes formed therein, the act of removing including removing the coating about the fastener holes.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the disk drive housing member is a disk drive base, the disk drive base including an arcuate shroud element, the act of removing including removing the coating from upon the shroud element.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the disk drive housing member is a cover, the cover including fastener openings formed through the cover, the act of removing including removing the coating from about the fastener openings.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 038744 FRAME 0481 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058982/0556 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 045501/0714 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 17, 2016
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038744/0481 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 17, 2016
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038744/0281 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 17, 2016
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038722/0229 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2008
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), INC.
Reel/Frame 020599/0489 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2004
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), INC.
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 014830/0957 →