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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Kenneth Lee Pottebaum, Yukon, OK (US);
Roy Lynn Wood, Yukon, OK (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for minimizing damage to a disc drive assembly subjected to non-operational shock. The disc drive has rotatable discs upon which data can be written and read by read/write heads supported by and controllable by an actuator assembly having actuator arms moveable over the complete data containing surfaces of the discs. A disc snubber is supported in apertures in the actuator arms, the disc snubber having bumper arms radially extending to nest the outer perimeters of the discs when the disc drive assembly is in its non-operational mode. The disc snubber is in clearing relationship to the discs in the operational mode. The disc snubber is disposed to dampen disc deflection caused by non-operational shock, thereby avoiding deleterious actuator arm/disc contact.