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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kouki Uefune, Hiratsuka, JP;

Toshifumi Kumano, Fujisawa, JP;

Toshio Takahashi, Minatoku, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 19/2009 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a dual actuator magnetic storage device that comprises a housing, magnetic disks in the housing, an interface connector located proximate a first corner of the housing formed by a first short side and a first long side, a first voice coil motor proximate a second corner of the first short side and a second long side, a first carriage arm positioned near the first short side to move the first carriage arm relative to the magnetic disks, a second voice coil motor positioned proximate a second short side along the first long side, a second carriage arm positioned near the second short side and coupled to the second voice coil motor to move the second carriage arm. The interface connector is recessed into a base of the housing along the first short side to be near the first long side to provide electrical communication through the housing.


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