Seagate Technology Incorporated

Brian L Phillips

Iraj Jabbari

Michael A Maiers

Lawrence W Gollbach

Brian Thomas Bonn

Michael J Darling

Chul Soo Kim

Iraj Jabbarai

Mark E Gauger

The present invention provides an improved actuator arm assembly including scalloped locking flanges with indentations for longitudinal, perpendicular, and torsional support, an injection molding for precisely locating and fixing a motor coil bobbin, motor coil wires, magnetic latch striker plate, and a crash stop to an actuator arm. Apertures on the actuator arm allow the plastic molding to pass through and lock the actuator arm to the motor coil bobbin together. The magnetic latch striker plate fixably parks the actuator arm in the disc drive assembly. Locating apertures of various shapes in the motor coil bobbin adds further stability and aids in interlocking the plastic molds around the motor coil bobbin. Furthermore, to reduce the height of the disc drive, protect the lead wires from being unduly stressed during the formation of the mold, and increase wire strength to tolerate stresses during testing and assembly, another embodiment of the invention utilizes insulating sleeves around the lead wires. Thus, after forming the lead coils from a molded coil mounted at the rear of an actuator arm, the two lead wires from either end of the coil are led out from the end of the coil, and plastic tubes are slid over the wires up to a point closely adjacent the wound coil. The wound coil is then molded, fixing its shape and holding it in place on the rear of the actuator arm.

Disc drive actuator incorporating injection molding, flying leads, and

An actuator arm assembly includes an actuator arm and a voice coil coupled to the actuator arm. A crash stop is connected to the actuator arm and extends away from a perimeter of the actuator arm.

Deflectable crash stop in actuator arm assembly overmold

The present invention is apparatus for interfacing the actuator arm assembly to control and signal processing circuits mounted external to the disc drive casing. The invention provides a sealed connective interface which protects the integrity of the 'clean room' environment in which selected disc drive components function.

Actuator arm assembly printed circuit cable to external printed circuit

Apparatus of the disclosure for securing a printed circuit cable to the actuator arm in a disc drive described. The apparatus is designed to effectuate bias minimization and bias consistency during repeated operation of the disc head assembly. Additionally, the printed circuit cable is attached without using adhesive.

Apparatus for attaching a printed circuit cable mount

A disc drive assembly includes a brushless direct current drive motor having a stationary shaft and a hub rotatably mounted about the stationary shaft by upper and lower bearings. The hub includes an interior space for housing a stator which has magnetically active parts for magnetic interaction with a permanent magnet mounted on an inner surface of the hub. The brushless drive motor is releasably mounted on a disc drive base member having a centrally located boss. The boss cooperates with a lower surface of a stator support for maintaining the stator of the drive motor in spaced relation with respect to the disc drive base member so that a printed circuit connector may be disposed between the stator and the disc drive base member proximate the stator winding. The subject invention also includes a labyrinth seal in combination with a ferrofluidic seal to prevent contaminant particles generated by the bearings and other internal parts of the drive motor from escaping into a contaminant-free disc storage environment.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Brian L Phillips