IP Library Granted Patent US 10,020,027
Granted Patent B2
US 10,020,027 · App. 15/683,974 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Disk device and method of manufacturing disk device

Inventors: Makoto Okamoto (Tokyo, JP); Yasutaka Sasaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
G11B33/027B23K26/0622B23K26/073B23K26/082B23K26/26G11B33/1446B23K2201/36
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Patent No.
US 10,020,027
App. No.
15/683,974
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a disk-shaped recording medium, a head which processes data on the recording medium, and a housing accommodating the recording medium and the head. The housing includes a base with a side wall, and a cover having a welded portion welded to the side wall by laser welding. The welded portion includes a first welded portion welded to a first region of the side wall and having weld beads with a first shape, and a second welded portion welded to a second region of the side wall and having welded beads with a second shape different from the first shape.

Claims (23)

1. A disk device comprising:

a rotatable disk-shaped recording medium; and

a housing accommodating the recording medium, the housing comprising a base with a side wall including a first region having a first width and a second region having a second width less than the first width, and a cover welded to the side wall,

the cover comprising a first welded portion welded to the first region of the side wall and comprising weld beads with a first shape, and a second welded portion welded to the second region of the side wall and comprising weld beads with a second shape different from the first shape.

2. The disk device of claim 1 , wherein

the first welded portion includes a belt shaped continuous weld bead, and

the second welded portion includes a plurality of stacked circular weld beads.

3. The disk device of claim 1 , wherein

the first welded portion includes a belt shaped continuous weld bead with a first width, and

the second welded portion includes a belt shaped continuous weld bead with a second width less than the first width.

4. The disk device of claim 1 , wherein

the side wall includes a pair of long side walls opposing each other, and a pair of short side walls opposing each other,

each of the long side walls comprises the second region at a position adjacent to an outer circumference edge of the recording medium.

5. The disk device of claim 4 , wherein

one of the short side walls comprises the second region at a position adjacent to the outer circumference edge of the recording medium.

6. The disk device of claim 4 , wherein

the second region comprises a side surface on the recording medium side, concaved into a shape of an arc along the outer circumference edge of the recording medium.

7. The disk device of claim 6 , wherein

a center of the second weld bead in the width direction is shifted into an outside of a center of the first weld bead in the width direction.

8. A disk device comprising:

a rotatable disk-shaped recording medium; and

a housing accommodating the recording medium, the housing comprising a base with a side wall, and a cover comprising a peripheral portion welded to the side wall,

the peripheral portion comprising first weld beads with a first shape, and second weld beads with a second shape different from the first shape, located at positions adjacent to an outer circumference edge of the recording medium.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 15459697 · Mar 15, 2017
Provisional Application 62382897 · Sep 2, 2016
Related Publication 20180068691A1 · Mar 8, 2018