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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2002
Douglas J. Krajnovich, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tadashi Yogi, San Jose, CA (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
A disk drive includes a drive housing, an actuator arm mounted to the drive housing, a head suspension assembly secured to the actuator arm, a spindle secured to the drive housing, a storage disk positioned on the spindle and a spacer positioned on the spindle. The actuator arm includes a suspension mounting side and the spindle includes a disk mounting surface. A actual measured distance along a first axis between the suspension mounting side and the disk mounting surface is measured. The spacer is positioned between the disk mounting surface and the storage disk. The spacer has a spacer height along the first axis that is based upon the actual measured distance.