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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2008
Gerardo Buitron, San Jose, CA (US);
Thuan Luu, San Jose, CA (US);
Barry Okamoto, San Ramon, CA (US);
Gerardo Buitron, San Jose, CA (US);
Thuan Luu, San Jose, CA (US);
Barry Okamoto, San Ramon, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A manufacturing apparatus and associated method for handling disks disposed in merged pairs in a carrier is provided, wherein spacings between adjacent pairs of the disks are greater than spacings between disks forming each pair. The apparatus includes a first disk contacting surface defining a first cavity that is sized to receivingly engage a selected one of the pairs of disks. A second disk contacting surface defines second and third cavities that are sized to receivingly engage individual disks of the selected pair of disks, wherein disks that are operably engaged in the cavities are spatially separated more adjacent the second disk contacting surface than at the first disk contacting surface.