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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Yong-jae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Min-pyo Hong, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An actuator latch system of a hard disk drive keeps an actuator of the hard disk drive in place in a state in which a read/write head mounted to a swing arm of the actuator is parked. The latch system has first and second protrusions at upper and lower parts of a rear end portion of the swing arm, and a latch lever having first and second hooks at upper and lower parts of a leading end of the lever. The latch lever, like the actuator, is mounted to a base of the hard disk drive so as to be rotatable about a respective axis.