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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1995
Payman Hassibi, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A Hathaway, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen A Misuta, Singapore, SG;
Scott E Watson, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive comprises a pivot cartridge and a molded plastic actuator body. The cartridge includes a shaft and has an outer surface that is generally cylindrical and includes first and second ring-shaped portions and a necked-down portion separating the first and second ring-shaped portions. The body has a bore hole with an inner cylindrical surface that is deformable to expand from a first diameter to a second diameter. Each of the first and second ring-shaped portions has the second diameter and is disposed in an interference fit with the inner cylindrical surface.