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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Gale D. Johnson, Loveland, CO (US);
James A. Dunckley, Boulder, CO (US);
D. Michael Keffeler, Longmont, CO (US);
Gale D. Johnson, Loveland, CO (US);
James A. Dunckley, Boulder, CO (US);
D. Michael Keffeler, Longmont, CO (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CA (US);
Abstract
An actuator arm latch assembly for a disk drive is disclosed which restrains movement of a disk drive actuator arm assembly during exposure of the disk drive to a shock event. In one embodiment, the actuator arm latch assembly is activated by the disk drive being exposed to a shock event that is directed along/about a first shock axis (e.g., within a reference plane that contains a disk drive base plate), and also is activated when the disk drive is exposed to a shock event that is directed along/about a second shock axis that is both non-parallel and non-colinear with the first shock axis (e.g., within a reference plane that is disposed at an angle to the disk drive base plate, and including perpendicular thereto).