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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
James H Morehouse, Jamestown, CO (US);
James A Dunckley, Boulder, CO (US);
David M Furay, Boulder, CO (US);
John H Blagaila, Boulder, CO (US);
Steven B Volk, Boulder, CO (US);
James F Hopper, Louisville, CO (US);
Michael R Utenick, Englewood, CO (US);
Thomas A Klein, Boulder, CO (US);
Integral Peripherals, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a rigid disk drive information storage device which includes a rigid disk having a diameter in the range of about 45-50 mm., with a housing having a footprint that includes a width of about 51 mm. and utilizing a rotary actuator for positioning read/write recording elements across the surface of the disk. The disk storage devices further includes a footprint with a length of about 70 mm., includes dynamic loading apparatus for loading the read/write recording elements into operative relationship with the disk and further includes an inertial latch for preventing rotation of the actuator when the drive is subjected to a rotational force.