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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Steven Hanssen, San Jose, CA (US);
Masaki Kohno, San Jose, CA (US);
Masakazu Sasaki, Yamato, JP;
Jr-yi Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Hanssen, San Jose, CA (US);
Masaki Kohno, San Jose, CA (US);
Masakazu Sasaki, Yamato, JP;
Jr-Yi Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01); G11B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an embodiment of the present invention, at least one mechanical fastener is used to mount a voice coil magnet assembly of a hard disk drive on a housing of the hard disk drive. A layer of a material having a low friction coefficient is disposed between the housing and the voice coil magnet assembly.