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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:
Apr. 15, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Loren D Skarky, Bethany, OK (US);
Assignee:
Magnetic Peripherals Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360105 ; 360106 ;
Abstract
A slide lock mechanism for restraining movement of the carriage of a disk drive comprises a rod slideably supported by the disk drive housing for movement between two rest positions. A lock pin, fastened to a shaft engaging the rod, is moveable between a lock and unlock position to bias a pin, fastened to the carriage, against a stop when the rod is in one of its rest positions. An over-center spring, fastened to the housing and rod biases the rod to its two rest positions.