Seagate Technology Incorporated

Carrie R McKie

David S Allsup

Stephen R Genheimer

Carl Fred Adams

Alvin E Cox

Matthew Glenn Duvall

Maureen A Aragon

A disc drive is provided with rotatable discs and an actuator assembly having heads adjacent the discs. A flex circuit assembly providing electrical connection between the heads and the disc drive circuitry comprises flex strips routed on the actuator assembly from the heads and a flex affixed on the actuator assembly. A flex support snubber mounted on the side of the actuator assembly has a body portion with a plurality of arms extending therefrom. Each pair of the arms form a groove so that the arms are disposed above and below discs while the discs extend into the grooves. A plurality of slits are interposed between the grooves to support the flex strips therein. An opposite end of the flex support snubber curves to form a U-shaped snubber bend for turning and guiding a dynamic portion of the flex.

Flex support snubber

A disc drive assembly having a pair of disc packs supported for rotation by independent spindle motors and a single actuator having dual arrays of actuator arms supporting read/write heads for each disc pack. The actuator has dual opposing actuator coils which interact with dual opposing magnet assemblies so that a controlled voltage to the actuator coils creates a rotating force having translational vectors that act radially on the actuator and are opposingly disposed to stabilize the actuator.

Balanced actuator which accesses separate disc assemblies

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Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America

Carrie R McKie