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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Nils E. Larson, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael K. Liebman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Garbarino, San Jose, CA (US);
Nils E. Larson, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael K. Liebman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Garbarino, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A fastener comprises a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis, and a sleeve wrapped partially around the shaft. The sleeve comprises an inner surface adjacent the shaft, an outer surface, an upper extent, a lower extent, a first circumferential extent, a second circumferential extent, and a gap extending longitudinally from the upper extent to the lower extent and separating the first circumferential extent from the second circumferential extent. The sleeve has a first thickness adjacent the first circumferential extent that is less than a second thickness between the second circumferential extent and the first circumferential extent. A cross-sectional centroid of the shaft between the upper extent and the lower extent is in substantially the same location, with the sleeve in different first and second rotational positions.