entrotech Assigned Patent

entrotech, Inc., Columbus, OH, has been assigned a patent (8,533,934) developed by James E. McGuire Jr., Westerville, OH, and Andrew C. Strange, Worthington, OH, for a “method of assembling a HDD drive.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method of assembling a HDD drive comprises steps of: sealing an interface of the base and the cover of an enclosed housing with an infrared-transmissive tape; filling the enclosed housing with a desired gaseous medium; optionally, testing the HDD drive; and, optionally; re-working the HDD drive. Preferably, the enclosed housing is free of rubber gasket materials between the base and the cover. A hermetically sealed HDD drive of the invention comprises: a housing comprising a base and a cover; and disk drive components enclosed within the housing for facilitating reading and recording of data at any desired location on at least one disk contained within the housing, wherein the HDD drive is free of rubber gasket materials between the base and the cover.”

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,826).