Patent ID: 6597163
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A contamination resistant probe attachment device for coupling a probe for performing a probe mediated test on a disc drive to the interior of the disc drive, the device comprising:a base having an attachment portion for attachment of the contamination resistant probe attachment device around an opening in a top cover of the disc drive and a platform portion extending inwardly from the attachment portion, the platform portion having a centrally located receiving stub tube spaced inward from the attachment portion and projecting from the platform portion defining an annular surface on the platform portion around the stub tube, the stub rube having an aperture that communicates with the opening in the top cover of the disc drive; and a flexible tube having two ends, a first end attached to the centrally located stub tube in the platform portion of the base and a second end having an aperture for receiving the probe used in the probe mediated test on the disc drive to protect the disc drive from contamination from outside the disc drive during the probe mediated test.