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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. 23, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James H Parsons, Berthoud, CO (US);
Glade N Bagnell, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Caleb Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360106 ; 369219 ;
Abstract
A carriage assembly for a computer disk drive is provided. The carriage assembly comprises a movable carriage for supporting read/write heads for movement relative to one or more magnetic disks, the movable carriage having one or more slots. A guiding structure supports the movable carriage for guiding the movement of the movable carriage, the guiding structure having one or more slots. A plurality of spherical balls is provided with each spherical ball located between a slot of the movable carriage and a slot of the guiding structure.