Patent ID: 8174788
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a hard disk drive comprising: providing a motor assembly, said motor assembly comprising a stationary portion and a rotatable portion for rotating a magnetic disk with respect to said stationary portion; providing a base for receiving said motor assembly; providing an adhesive for mounting said motor assembly to said base wherein said adhesive is electrically conductive; providing a fluid dynamic portion of said motor assembly comprising a spindle portion and a bearing sleeve portion wherein a fluid is sealed between said sleeve portion and said spindle portion by said adhesive, said adhesive disposed along a horizontal surface of said base and said adhesive disposed along a horizontal surface of said sleeve portion to seal said fluid in said motor; and mounting said stationary portion of said motor assembly to said base utilizing said adhesive such that said adhesive provides a low resistance path between said base and said motor assembly such that said adhesive simultaneously provides a low resistance path between said sleeve portion of said fluid dynamic bearing and said base and said adhesive seals said fluid dynamic bearing.