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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2002
Kamran Oveyssi, San Jose, CA (US);
Jorge Haro, Stockton, CA (US);
Kamran Oveyssi, San Jose, CA (US);
Jorge Haro, Stockton, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed employing a constant contact inertial latch for latching an actuator arm assembly while the disk drive is powered down to protect against physical shocks. The inertial latch comprises a body having a protruding arm and a pivot surface. When the actuator arm assembly is in the latched position, the protruding arm is in constant contact with the actuator arm assembly applying a latching force to the actuator arm assembly. During a physical shock, an inertia of the body biases the body rotationally about the pivot surface in a first direction to increase the latching force applied to the actuator arm assembly by the protruding