Entrotech Assigned Patent

Entrotech, Inc., Columbus, OH, has been assigned a patent (10,002,645) developed by McGuire, Jr., James E., Tiburon, CA, for a “laminate-wrapped hard disk drives and related methods.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Hard disk drives of the invention are wrapped in laminate for enhanced sealing of the hard disk drive. Laminate-wrapped hard disk drives of the invention comprise: an enclosed hard disk drive housing comprising a base and a cover enclosed around internal components for facilitating reading and recording of data at a desired location on at least one disk contained within the housing, and a laminate wrapped around the enclosed housing in an at least partially overlapping manner to form the laminate-wrapped hard disk drive and prevent undesired migration therethrough such that a sealed environment exists within the laminate-wrapped hard disk drive, wherein the laminate comprises a barrier layer and an adhesive layer for adherence of the laminate to the enclosed housing.”

The patent application was filed on June 8, 2015 (15/109,912).