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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:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bradley David Kelemen, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/102 ;
Abstract
An actuator assembly of a disc drive having an actuator arm rotatably mounted adjacent a data disc. The actuator arm includes a piezoelectric assembly configured to displace a data transducer relative to the data disc. The piezoelectric assembly may include a top-left piezoelectric element, a top-right piezoelectric element, a bottom-left piezoelectric element, and a bottom-right piezoelectric element. The actuator arm also includes an hourglass-shaped arm pivot configured to bias the data transducer to a rest position.