Patent ID: 6989958

Claim:
A hard disk drive, comprising: an enclosure having an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface; a motor having a motor hub and media storage disks mounted to the motor hub for rotation therewith; an actuator mounted to the enclosure for moving read/write heads relative to the media storage disks for reading data from and writing data to the media storage disks; a bracket for mounting the motor to the enclosure, the bracket having a disk-side surface facing the media storage disks, a mounting surface facing and abutting the interior surface of the enclosure, and a plurality of openings in the mounting surface; a plurality of fasteners extending through the exterior surface of the enclosure into engagement with the openings in the bracket for securing the motor to the enclosure; and a seal positioned between the enclosure and the bracket such that the fasteners are located external of the seal and any contamination due to the fasteners is sealed from entering the enclosure; and wherein the openings in the bracket are blind tap holes.