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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:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
George I Brent, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360106 ; 360104 ;
Abstract
A stacked actuator assembly includes a hub having an axis of rotation, a first member fixed in a first direction along the axis of the hub, a second member fixed in a second opposite direction along the axis of a hub, an actuator arm coupled about the hub between the first and second members and a spring coupled about the hub between the first and second members. The spring axially clamps the plurality of actuator arms between the first and second members.