Patent ID: 9734874
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29L,G11B

Claim:
1. A hard disk drive having an internal space, the hard disk drive comprising: an enclosure base enclosing at least a portion of said internal space; a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled with said base external to said internal space; an electrical feed-through adhered with an adhesive to said base and providing an electrical path between said PCB and said internal space; and an adhesive leak channel structural feature positioned in an area of said adhesive, wherein said leak channel structural feature inhibits leakage of gas from said internal space through said adhesive; wherein said adhesive is positioned between said base and said feed-through, and wherein said leak channel structural feature forms a convex protuberance protruding substantially perpendicularly from an external surface of said base, and wherein a portion of said adhesive is disposed between said protuberance and said feed-through, and a portion of said adhesive is disposed adjacent to said protuberance, such that a depth of said adhesive disposed adjacent to said protuberance is greater than a depth of said adhesive disposed between said protuberance and said feed-through.