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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Curtis S. German, Longmont, CO (US);
Andrew A. Lucas, Lyons, CO (US);
Brian L. Rappel, Lyons, CO (US);
Inventors:
Curtis S. German, Longmont, CO (US);
Andrew A. Lucas, Lyons, CO (US);
Brian L. Rappel, Lyons, CO (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described herein is a balance plug for a disk drive. The balance plug includes a body defining a substantially spherical outer surface and a plurality of ribs along the spherical outer surface and defining at least three meridians along the outer surface of the sphere. The at least three meridians can reside in at least two transverse planes.