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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Mark A. Buzek, Boulder, CO (US);
Gale D. Johnson, Loveland, CO (US);
David O. Whitt, Iii, Thornton, CO (US);
Mark A. Buzek, Boulder, CO (US);
Gale D. Johnson, Loveland, CO (US);
David O. Whitt, III, Thornton, CO (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
Multiple balancing plugs () preferably have a common length and a common offset center of gravity () in the length dimension for providing dual plane balancing of a rotatable body (). The rotatable body () includes a plurality of balancing plug holes () for receipt of a balancing plug () as desired/required to address an imbalance associated with the rotatable body (). One or more balancing plugs () may be disposed within the rotatable body () in a first orientation such that their respective centers of gravity () are disposed within a first plane (). One or more balancing plugs () may be disposed within the rotatable body () in a second, opposite orientation such that their respective centers of gravity () are disposed within a second plane () that is spaced from the first plane ().