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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1998
Terry R. Fahley, Lakeville, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An instrument for measuring alignment of a magnet relative to a pole plate for a voice coil motor of a disc drive. The instrument includes a base and a platform coupled to the base and adapted to support a plate. The platform including a platform hole. A set of incrementally sized pins are included. The set of incrementally sized pins have incremental diameter dimensions to provide a selection of pins for insertion through plate hole and platform hole to match the dimension of the pin relative to the actual plate hole dimension to limit movement of the plate and magnet during measurement to reduce measurement errors.
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