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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:
Jan. 15, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt M Anderson, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
Conner Peripherals, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360105 ; 360 9701 ;
Abstract
A parking device for parking the actuator and the heads in a disk drive utilizes the magnetic field provided by the magnet in the actuator. A permeable latch return provided in the magnetic field creates an attractive force which biases the parking device to a latched position. A coil, provided on the parking device, passes an electric current in the magnetic field provided by the actuator to create a force which releases the parking device.