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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
David J. Bagaoisan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yao-hsin Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
David J. Bagaoisan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yao-Hsin Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); H02K 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a disk drive, the method including providing a disk and a motor hub, the disk defining an opening, the opening having a pre-swaged inner diameter, and the motor hub defining a swage ring having a pre-swaged outer diameter. The method further including positioning the disk such that at least a portion of the swage ring extends into the opening, and swaging the swage ring radially outwards into contact with the disk.