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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Baekho Heo, San Jose, CA (US);
Enoch Mylabathula, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian P. Schott, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Garbarino, San Jose, CA (US);
Baekho Heo, San Jose, CA (US);
Enoch Mylabathula, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian P. Schott, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Berding, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Garbarino, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive including a disk having a bottom surface and a base having a first surface lying along a first plane and a second surface lying along a second plane positioned substantially parallel to the first plane. The second surface is spaced apart from the first surface and is beneath at least a portion of the bottom surface of the disk. A damper of the disk drive is located on the second surface adjacent the first surface and is configured to contact a portion of the bottom surface of the disk when the disk is deflected toward the first surface.