Patent ID: 8243395

Claim:
A method of utilizing a solder reflow channel in the formation of a hard disk drive comprising: providing a first hard disk drive component having at least one solder reflow channel, said at least one solder reflow channel for receiving a predeposited solder material that is heated and retaining said predeposited solder material; utilizing said solder reflow channel to provide a solder location for coupling said first hard disk drive component and a second hard disk drive component to said predeposited solder material; and providing at least one reservoir to hold said predeposited solder material before said predeposited solder material is heated and flows into said at least one solder reflow channel from said at least one reservoir, said at least one reservoir coupled with said at least one solder reflow channel and said first hard disk drive component, and wherein said at least one reservoir does not include said solder location.