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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rajiv Bhushan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ru Chang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Raj Mohindra, Los Altos, CA (US);
Vincent Chiu, San Jose, CA (US);
Dong T Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SCD Mountain View, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; B65G / ; A47G / ; F16M / ; B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134201 ; 134137 ; 134902 ; 414908 ; 211 411 ; 211 4112 ; 248200 ; 269 47 ; 269 52 ;
Abstract
An improved mandrel device (100) and method. The mandrel device (100) has an elongated member (117) for supporting a plurality of hard disks, for example. The elongated member (117) includes an inner member (107) that is defined between a pair of outer members (105), where each of the members have ridges (103) defined thereon. The combination of these members and ridges are used to support a plurality of disks that do not touch each other during, for example transportation.