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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Frederick J. Hanke, Newark, CA (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
An actuator pivot bearing is disposed at least partially within a bore in the body of a disk drive head actuator. The actuator pivot bearing includes a lubricant wetting a first surface, and a coating on a second surface. The coating has a surface energy such that the lubricant does not wet the second surface.