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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2010
Applicant:
Thomas a O'dell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas A O'Dell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
WD Media, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/038 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A spin stand is disclosed comprising a spindle motor having a rotor. A first disk clamp is operable to clamp a first disk to the rotor, and a second disk clamp is operable to clamp a second disk to the rotor. An actuator is operable to clamp the second disk clamp in order to clamp the second disk to the rotor after the first disk has been clamped to the rotor.