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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:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Edwards, Mountain View, CA (US);
George D Popov, Milpitas, CA (US);
John B Philbrick, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
LaPine Technology, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360105 ; 360106 ;
Abstract
A load mechanism for loading and unloading magnetic heads relative to a magnetic disk includes a rotatable comb-like structure having lift pins for coacting with the head supporting flexures to maintain the heads securely spaced from the surfaces of the disks during the unload mode and to allow the heads to assume the transducing position during the load mode.