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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Joseph Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ron Kirkish, Campbell, CA (US);
Vinod Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank I. Morris, San Jose, CA (US);
Bipin V. Gami, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ron Kirkish, Campbell, CA (US);
Vinod Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank I. Morris, San Jose, CA (US);
Bipin V. Gami, San Jose, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Kyungki-Do, KR;
Abstract
The invention includes an impact rebound crash stop pivoting about a pivot between the top and bottom yoke of an actuator magnet assembly. The impact rebound crash stop includes a latch bias tab magnetically attracted to the voice coil magnet when it is near. The invention further includes a proximity latch allowing the actuator to stay on the ramp when not in use. The invention includes the operation of actuator arms embedding part of the magnetic proximity latch, actuators, and disk drives using the crash stop and proximity latch.
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