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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:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hatem R Radwam, San Jose, CA (US);
Clifford T Jue, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Brian H Nelson, Fremont, CA (US);
Bradley D Kelemen, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9808 ; 360 9905 ;
Abstract
A spacer supports a disc on a hub in a disc drive. The hub is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The spacer includes a member having an inner radial surface defining a hub receiving aperture for receiving an exterior surface of the hub. The inner radial surface has a generally annular groove extending from the inner radial surface generally radially outwardly from the hub.