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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2010
Applicant:
Tu Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tu Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described herein is a disk drive having an actuator arm constrained layer damper, for reducing, during use, vibration of the actuator arm. The damper can include a first substantially planar portion that is configured to be positioned on and coupled to a top surface of an actuator arm. The damper can also include a second substantially planar portion extending in a plane transverse to the first planar portion and configured to be coupled to at least one of a side surface of the actuator arm or a surface of an adjacent actuator body.