Systems and methods for providing adsorptive surface coatings on internal components of a storage drive
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for providing adsorptive surface coatings on internal components of a storage drive to adsorb contaminants are provided. One such system relates to a storage device including a magnetic media configured to store information, a head configured to read information from the media and to write information to the media, and at least one internal component selected from the group consisting of an internal surface of a housing of the storage device, a recirculation filter, an anti-disk, an actuator arm for moving the head, and a voice coil motor, where a contaminant adsorptive coating is disposed on a portion of the at least one internal component, where the contaminant adsorptive coating is configured to bond with preselected contaminants.
1. A storage device comprising:
a magnetic media configured to store information;
a head configured to read information from the media and to write information to the media; and
at least one internal component selected from the group consisting of an internal surface of a housing of the storage device, a recirculation filter, an anti-disk, an actuator arm for moving a head of the storage device, and a voice coil motor,
wherein a contaminant adsorptive coating is disposed on a portion of the at least one internal component, wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is configured to bond with preselected contaminants comprising particles, and
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol and diamond like carbon.
2. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the preselected contaminants comprise organic contaminants.
3. The storage device of claim 2 , wherein the organic contaminants comprise hydrocarbon.
4. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises a viscous liquid.
5. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the recirculation filter and the anti-disk.
6. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the internal surface of a housing of the storage device, the recirculation filter, and the anti-disk.
7. The storage device of claim 1 ,
wherein the housing substantially encloses the other components of the storage device.
8. The storage device of claim 1 ,
wherein the magnetic media is mounted within a housing of the storage device, and
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is disposed on a surface of the anti-disk that is substantially parallel to a top surface of the magnetic media.
9. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises diamond like carbon.
10. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one internal component is selected from the group consisting of the internal surface of the housing of the storage device, the recirculation filter, the anti-disk, and the voice coil motor.
11. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the anti-disk.
12. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol and diamond like carbon.
13. The storage device of claim 1 :
wherein the at least one internal component comprises the anti-disk, and
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol and diamond like carbon.
14. A method for providing adsorptive coatings on preselected internal components of a storage device, the method comprising:
applying a contaminant adsorptive coating to at least one internal component of the storage device, the at least one internal component selected from the group consisting of an internal surface of a housing of the storage device, a recirculation filter, an anti-disk, an actuator arm for moving a head of the storage device, and a voice coil motor,
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is configured to bond with preselected contaminants comprising particles,
wherein the storage device comprises a magnetic media configured to store information, and a head configured to read information from the media and to write information to the media, and
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol and diamond like carbon.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the preselected contaminants comprise organic contaminants.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the organic contaminants comprise hydrocarbon.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises a viscous liquid.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the recirculation filter and the anti-disk.
19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the internal surface of a housing of the storage device, the recirculation filter, and the anti-disk.
20. The method of claim 14 ,
wherein the housing substantially encloses the other components of the storage device.
21. The method of claim 14 , wherein the applying the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises:
depositing the contaminant adsorptive coating on the at least one internal component of the storage device using a process selected from the group consisting of a dipping process, a spraying process, a sputtering process, and a vapor deposition process.
22. The method of claim 14 , wherein the applying the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises:
applying a mask to the at least one internal component of the storage device;
depositing the contaminant adsorptive coating on the at least one internal component of the storage device using a process selected from the group consisting of a dipping process, a spraying process, a sputtering process, and a vapor deposition process; and
removing the mask.
23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the internal surface of a housing of the storage device.
24. The method of claim 14 ,
wherein the magnetic media is mounted within a housing of the storage device, and
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is disposed on a surface of the anti-disk that is substantially parallel to a top surface of the magnetic media.
25. The method of claim 14 , wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises diamond like carbon.
26. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one internal component is selected from the group consisting of the internal surface of the housing of the storage device, the recirculation filter, the anti-disk, and the voice coil motor.
27. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the anti-disk.
28. The method of claim 14 , wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol and diamond like carbon.
29. The method of claim 14 :
wherein the at least one internal component comprises the anti-disk, and
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol and diamond like carbon.
30. A storage device comprising:
a magnetic media configured to store information;
a head configured to read information from the media and to write information to the media; and
at least one internal component selected from the group consisting of an internal surface of a housing of the storage device, a recirculation filter, an anti-disk, an actuator arm for moving the head, and a voice coil motor,
wherein a contaminant adsorptive coating is disposed on a portion of the at least one internal component,
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is configured to bond with preselected contaminants, and
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises diamond like carbon.
31. The storage device of claim 30 , wherein the at least one internal component is selected from the group consisting of an internal surface of the housing of the storage device, the recirculation filter, and the anti-disk.
32. The storage device of claim 30 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the anti-disk.
33. A method for providing adsorptive coatings on preselected internal components of a storage device, the method comprising:
applying a contaminant adsorptive coating to at least one internal component of the storage device, the at least one internal component selected from the group consisting of an internal surface of a housing of the storage device, a recirculation filter, an anti-disk, an actuator arm for moving the head, and a voice coil motor,
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating is configured to bond with preselected contaminants,
wherein the storage device comprises a magnetic media configured to store information, and a head configured to read information from the media and to write information to the media, and
wherein the contaminant adsorptive coating comprises diamond like carbon.
34. The method of claim 33 , wherein the at least one internal component is selected from the group consisting of an internal surface of the housing of the storage device, the recirculation filter, and the anti-disk.
35. The method of claim 33 , wherein the at least one internal component comprises the anti-disk.