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Article: Patent No. 7,570,454 Issued on Aug. 4, Assigned to Maxtor for Hard Disk Drive Sealing Apparatus (Massachusetts Inventors)
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- August 10, 2009
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10 -- Thomas G. Andrikowich of Whitinsville, Mass., and Michael C. Strzepa of Shrewsbury, Mass., have developed an apparatus for sealing a hard disk drive with a low-density gas. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,570,454 on Aug. 4.
The patent has been assigned to Maxtor Corp., Scotts Valley, Calif.
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for sealing a hard disk drive with a low-density gas is provided. A valve body is positioned over an opening in the hard disk drive housing. The valve ...