Disk drive with a cover including a formed-in-place gasket with a cross-sectional cavity
View Patent ↗A disk drive includes a disk drive base and a cover engaged with the disk drive base. The disk drive further includes a formed-in-place gasket disposed between the disk drive base and the cover. The formed-in-place gasket is formed of a cured elastomer having a cross-sectional cavity for allowing the formed-in-place gasket to compress upon engagement of the cover and the disk drive base.
1. A disk drive comprising:
a disk drive base;
a cover engaged with the disk drive base; and
a formed-in-place gasket disposed between the disk drive base and the cover, the formed-in-place gasket comprising a UV cured elastomer having a cross-sectional cavity.
2. The disk drive of claim 1 wherein the formed-in-place gasket is adhered to the cover but not adhered to the disk drive base.
3. The disk drive of claim 2 wherein the cover does not include any groove for receiving the formed-in-place gasket.
4. The disk drive of claim 1 wherein the formed-in-place gasket is formed of a urethane acrylate material.
5. The disk drive of claim 1 wherein the formed-in-place gasket is formed of a silicon material.
6. The disk drive of claim 1 wherein the cross-sectional cavity is a closed cavity.
7. The disk drive of claim 1 wherein the cross-sectional cavity is an open cavity.
8. The disk drive of claim 7 wherein the cross-sectional cavity is generally C-shaped.
9. The disk drive of claim 7 wherein the formed-in-place gasket includes a cover side and a base side with the cross-sectional cavity being disposed between the cover and base sides, the cover side being disposed adjacent the cover, the base side being disposed adjacent the disk drive base.
10. A cover for use with a disk drive base, the cover comprising:
a cover main body; and
a formed-in-place gasket adhered to the cover main body, the formed-in-place gasket comprising a UV cured elastomer having a cross-sectional cavity.
11. The cover of claim 10 wherein the cover main body does not include any groove for receiving the formed-in-place gasket.
12. The cover of claim 10 wherein the formed-in-place gasket is formed of a urethane acrylate material.
13. The cover of claim 10 wherein the formed-in-place gasket is formed of a silicon material.
14. The cover of claim 10 wherein the cross-sectional cavity is a closed cavity.
15. The cover of claim 10 wherein the cross-sectional cavity is an open cavity.
16. The cover of claim 15 wherein the cross-sectional cavity is generally C-shaped.
17. The cover of claim 15 wherein the formed-in-place gasket includes a cover side and an opposing base side with the cross-sectional cavity being disposed between the cover and base sides, the cover side being disposed adjacent the cover main body.