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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
May. 11, 2004
Applicants:
Ken Chang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mike Mayo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A positioner () for a disk drive () that includes a magnet assembly (), a conductor assembly (), and a control system () is provided herein. The magnet assembly () includes a pair of magnet arrays (A) (B) and a pair of spaced apart flux return plates (A) (B). The conductor assembly () includes at least a first coil array () and a second coil array () that are substantially co-planar. The control system () directs current to electrically excite the coil arrays () () to maintain a data transducer () on a target track () of a storage disk ().