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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jack T. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/10 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 5/10 (2013.01); G11B 5/127 (2013.01); H05K 1/118 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a base casting forming a housing, wherein components within the housing comprise a first disk, a first head, and a first printed circuit board (PCB) being curved to substantially follow an arc of a first part of a shroud that surrounds at least part of the first disk. The first PCB has mounted thereon a first integrated circuit comprising a first microprocessor configured to actuate the first head over the first disk in order to access the first disk.