Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hard disk drive scrapper
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Application No.: US15966177Application Date: 2018-04-30
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Publication No.: US10933504B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Sathish Kumar Bikumala , Jose Alejandro Boillat
- Applicant: Dell Products L. P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products L. P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products L. P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Campbell Stephenson LLP
- Main IPC: G11B33/00
- IPC: G11B33/00 ; G11B5/82 ; B24B19/03 ; G11B23/28 ; G11B25/04 ; G11B20/00 ; G11B33/12 ; G11B5/024

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and/or device to scrape a hard disk drive (HDD) to completely and permanently erase, remove, and/or destroy digital and/or electronic data and/or information stored on and/or written to the HDD without using and/or necessitating the use of external induction. The apparatus includes a first part of a HDD scrapper mounted on an arm of the HDD and a second part of the HDD scrapper mounted on a scrapper head. The apparatus also includes a turner that simultaneously permits a turning operation of magnetic platters of the HDD and the HDD scrapper. The first part, the second part, the arm, the scrapper head, the turner, and the magnetic platters are included in an enclosure of the HDD.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190329373A1 HARD DISK DRIVE SCRAPPER Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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