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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2010
Raymond Quines, San Jose, CA (US);
Baekho Heo, San Jose, CA (US);
Enoch Mylabathula, San Jose, CA (US);
Raymond Quines, San Jose, CA (US);
Baekho Heo, San Jose, CA (US);
Enoch Mylabathula, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a disk drive having a disk receiving surface with an outer diameter. The drive can include a peripheral edge that extends transverse to the disk receiving surface and circumferentially about at least a portion of the outer diameter of the disk receiving surface. The drive can also include a disk limiter that extends between and transverse to the disk receiving surface and the peripheral edge to provide a transition between the disk receiving surface and a surface of the peripheral edge.