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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:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard G Ramsdell, Saratoga, CA (US);
John D Treder, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jon Ikegami, Foster City, CA (US);
Raghu Gururangan, Pleasonton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360106 ;
Abstract
A method and arrangement for mounting a rotary actuator bearing cartridge between a disk drive base and cover, are disclosed. The mounting arrangement minimizes any possible deformations to bearing sleeve as well as any effects to bearing preload and friction while enabling a top down assembly.