The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Michael Alan Maiers, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert Terry Haas, Longmont, CO (US);
Ryan Andrew Sievers, Longmont, CO (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A self-biasing spindle motor connector (such as ) for a disc drive (such as ) is disclosed. The spindle motor connector (such as ) includes a body portion (such as ) and a plurality of alloy contacts (such as ) extending away from the body portion. The connector may comprise a crush rib (such as ) extending from at least one side of the body portion and making contact with a vertical wall (such as locating edge ) of a base plate (such as ) of the disc drive. The crush rib ensures that the connector is properly biased to a reference edge and situated in relation to the base plate and the disc drive printed circuit board. An x-y control boss (such as ) prevents the connector from moving in the x-y directions while the crush rib prevents the connector from rotational movement. The connector may also include a rotational boss (such as ) that is inserted into a rotational control hole of the base plate to prevent rotational movement of the connector.