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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2003
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
John R. Gustafson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael G. Choy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
John R. Gustafson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael G. Choy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive includes a disk drive base. The disk drive further includes a spindle motor hub rotatably coupled to the disk drive base. The disk drive further includes a disk disposed about the hub and having a disk surface. The disk drive further includes a disk clamp attached to the hub in mechanical communication with the disk surface for applying a clamping force to the disk. The disk drive further includes a disk clamp damping member disposed adjacent and in mechanical communication with the disk clamp and the disk surface for damping movement of the disk relative to the hub.