Patent ID: 7570454

Claim:
A valve for hermetically sealing an aperture in a housing of a hard disk drive to contain low density gas within the housing, comprising: a valve body comprising a first surface which engages the housing and a sealing member associated with the first surface to create a seal between the valve body and the housing; a chamber formed in the valve body and having a first opening at the first surface of the valve body and a second opening at a different surface of the valve body; and a reciprocating member movable between a first position and a second position to force a sealing plug into the aperture with at least a selected one of the sealing plug or the aperture being deformed to seal the aperture so that there is no additional component that assists in holding the sealing plug in place, where the first opening is in fluid communication with the second opening when the reciprocating member is in the first position and where the reciprocating member extends at least into the first opening when the reciprocating member is in the second position.