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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
McMahan Coyle Alexander, Santa Ana, CA (US);
William W. Garrett, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive for use with a host electronic unit including spindle motor drive circuitry. The disk drive includes a disk drive housing, and a spindle motor rotatably attached to the disk drive housing. The spindle motor includes a stator. The disk drive further includes a host connector attached to the disk drive housing which is operably connectable to the spindle motor drive circuitry for receiving electrical signals from the spindle motor drive circuitry for controlling the spindle motor. The disk drive further includes a stator electrical trace integrally formed upon the disk drive housing from the stator to the host connector for electrically connecting the stator and the host connector.