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Patent No.:

US 5239431 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993

Filed:

Feb. 26, 1992

Head lift limiter for a disk drive

Applicant:
Inventors:

Clifford K Day, Meridian, ID (US);

Wayne E Foote, Eagle, ID (US);

Robert R Hay, Boise, ID (US);

Paul K Mul, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:

Oberheim; E. F.

Primary Examiner:

A J Heinz

Assistant Examiner:

David D Davis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9808 ; 360105 ;
Abstract

Resistance to shock forces having components acting parallel to the spindle axis of a disk stack is provided by spacing the surface of a circumferential flange of a disk spacer a distance above the surface of a disk in the disk stack which is sufficient to clear the magnetic head and flexure assembly therebeneath during movement thereof during flight to and from a parked position between the confronting surfaces of the circumferential flange and the disk.

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