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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nigel Frank Misso, Yukon, OK (US);
Steve Scott Eckerd, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Roy L. Wood, Yukon, OK (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 ;
Abstract
An actuator stop for a disc drive having a compliant suspension member joining a rigidly supported stop pin and a noncompliant contact member. The contact member is characterized by a relatively greater compressive yield strength than that of the suspension member so that in response to an abutting engagement with the actuator. The contact member is displaceable relative to the stop pin in relation to the deflection characteristics of the suspension member.