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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Brent M Weichelt, Burnsville, MN (US);
Mark A Toffle, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Lon R Buske, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A servo writer support assembly supports a disc drive storage device relative to an orthogonal coordinate system comprising X, Y and Z axes during servo writing. The support assembly includes a support body, a yaw registration feature, a pitch registration feature and a locating post. The yaw registration feature is engageable with the disc drive storage device for limiting rotation of the disc drive storage device about the Z axis. The pitch registration feature is engageable with the disc drive storage device for limiting rotation of the disc drive storage device about the X and Y axes. The locating post extends from the support body parallel to the Z axis and includes a registration surface having a tangent that is oblique to the Z axis. The registration surface is engageable with the disc drive storage device for limiting translational movement of the disc drive storage device along the X, Y and Z axes.