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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:
May. 05, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W Griffith, Layton, UT (US);
Michael R Lyon, Ogden, UT (US);
Ross W Bishop, Ogden, UT (US);
Edward H Friery, Coalville, UT (US);
Assignee:
Iomega Corporation, Roy, UT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 71 ; 360 99 ;
Abstract
A magnetic disk drive for writing and reading data to and from a magnetic disk contained in a cartridge which is inserted through an opening in the disk drive includes a drive motor rotated on a yoke by a manually operated shaft having a handle on one end and a cam on the other end. A flat diaphragm switch is operated by a rotation stop on the shaft to indicate when the motor is in the loaded position of engagement with the disk.