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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. 21, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger R Sleger, Meridian, ID (US);
Edward Walsh, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360106 ;
Abstract
A shaft assembly of a rotary actuator arm structure in a rotary disc memory drive in which all machine operations cutting slots or openings for receiving leaf springs which provide axial and radial loads are performed along axes paralleling the axis of the rotary actuator. One leaf spring provides an axial load on the bearings of the shaft assembly. A second leaf spring fitted between one shaft bearing and the bearing housing thereat provides the radial bearing load.