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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter L. Prater, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 ;
Abstract
A split shaft assembly for vibration control between multiple actuator pivots in a disk storage device. A first actuator pivot is mounted on a first shaft unit and a second actuator pivot is mounted on a second shaft unit. The second shaft unit is mated to the first shaft unit in axial alignment along a common pivot axis by a separating portion of a vibration control material, which interrupts transmission of vibrational force between the first actuator pivot and the second actuator pivot.