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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1995
Timothy Joseph Chainer, Mahopac, NY (US);
Dean A. Herman, Jr., Garrison, NY (US);
Sol Krongelb, Katonah, NY (US);
Lubomyr Taras Romankiw, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Edward John Yarmchuk, Somers, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated data storage disk and disk drive assembly includes a rotatably supported magnetic disk for storing data. A rotor is fixedly joined to the disk for rotating the disk, and includes a plurality of rotor poles. A stator includes a plurality of stator poles positioned around the rotor for sequentially cooperating with respective ones of the rotor poles for rotating the rotor to rotate the disk. The disk and drive may be fabricated using lithographic and electroplating techniques, and a plurality of coaxial disks may be driven by a single disk drive in exemplary embodiments.