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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Jon Patrick Baker, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Kenneth Lee Pottebaum, Yukon, OK (US);
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An actuator arm bumper for dampening contact between a surface of an actuator arm and a surface of a disc in a disc drive. The actuator arm bumper comprises a non-marring, non-particulating and durable material such as polycarbonate which extends through and beyond the cross-sectional thickness of the actuator arm. The actuator arm bumper is formed from a sphere or rod of polycarbonate material which is placed into an opening of the actuator arm and deformed using a heat staking or crimping operation. A ramp loading installation tool is also used to simultaneously form all of the actuator arm bumpers in the actuator arms of the disc drive.