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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Nils E. Larson, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael K. Liebman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Garbarino, San Jose, CA (US);
Nils E. Larson, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael K. Liebman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Garbarino, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A head stack assembly for use in a disk drive is provided that includes an actuator body, a rotary bearing, a sleeve, and a cam member. The actuator body is pivotable about an axis of rotation. The actuator body has an actuator bore that extends along the axis of rotation. The actuator bore includes an actuator bore surface. The sleeve is disposed between the rotary bearing and the actuator body and comprises a first surface that engages the actuator bore surface. The cam member has a second surface eccentric to said first surface. The second surface engages the actuator bore surface.