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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1993
Frederick Mark Stefansky, Longmont, CO (US);
Conner Peripherals, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A low height disk drive having an overall height of approximately one inch (1'). The drive includes a head disk assembly, including a base plate, a disk rotatably supported on the base plate, a motor for rotating the disk, at least one head for reading information from and writing information on the disk, an actuator, supported on said base plate and responsive to control signals, for selectively positioning the head with respect to the disk, and a cover sealably attached to the base plate to enclose the storage means, the head, and the actuator. The disk drive also includes control circuitry for generating control signals, and for providing information signals to and receiving information signals from the head. The head disk assembly and the control circuitry have a combined height of approximately one inch or less.