Patent ID: 6392838
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A data storage device comprising:a base; a cover sized to fit over the base to form an enclosure therein between; a disk assembly in the enclosure and secured to the base; an acutator assembly in the enclosure and secured to the base; and a compressible metallic gasket in the enclosure and extending about an inside periphery of the base and an adjacent inside periphery of the cover, wherein the base and the cover define an inside peripheral channel and the metallic gasket is located within the peripheral channel and comprises a C-shaped cross sectional area, the metallic gasket, when compressed against the inside periphery of the base and the adjacent inside periphery of the cover for coupling the base to the cover and hermetically sealing the enclosure to inhibit escape of a gaseous medium within the enclosure to an external ambient environment.