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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick Frank Kazmierczak, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Kenneth Andrews, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Thomas R. Prentice, Luther, OK (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/708 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/708 ;
Abstract
A disc mounting system for mounting the discs of a disc drive in a fixed radial relationship to the hub of a spindle motor. The disc mounting system includes a radially-loaded, snap-fit disc mounting ring associated with each disc. The disc mounting rings include disc contact features for interaction with the inner diameters of the discs, and hub contact features for axially positioning the discs and associated disc mounting rings relative to the spindle motor hub. Various embodiments of the disc mounting ring are disclosed.