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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Gregory Tran, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ed Aguilar, San Jose, CA (US);
Shiao-hua Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Woo-sung (William) Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gregory Tran, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ed Aguilar, San Jose, CA (US);
Shiao-Hua Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Woo-Sung (William) Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
The invention includes a method making a balanced disk pack for a hard disk drive, from a disk pack including a spindle motor rigidly coupled, and aligned by at least two open screw holes, with a disk clamp. The invention includes the resulting balanced disk packs, as well as hard disk drives built with such balanced disk packs. The invention also includes apparatus providing the means for implementing the steps of making a balanced disk pack from a disk pack. The invention includes at least one mechanical counterbalance for use in balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive.