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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:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Yao-hsin Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Bill Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Seong Woo Kang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This application discloses a hard disk drive comprising a arm limiter mounted on a disk base to limit movement of the actuator arms during a non-operational shock event while parked. The arm limiter and disk base are disclosed in various combinations to limit actuator arm movement during non-operational shocks.