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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:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey E Faris, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9807 ; 360 9908 ;
Abstract
A disk drive system (50) comprising a spindle (52) having a circular outer perimeter (60) and an axis of rotation. The spindle comprises a first boss (68), a second boss (70), and a third boss (72), each of which is spaced around the circular outer perimeter of the spindle. Moreover, each of the bosses has an upper support surface (68a, 70a, 72a). Lastly, the disk drive system comprises a disk (8b) abutted to each of the upper support surfaces of each of the first, second, and third bosses.