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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Baekho Heo, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua P. Weiher, Bellevue, WA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive assembly having a disk hub comprising a substantially cylindrical portion having a side wall, a disk clamping element having a body portion having an inner wall configured to engage the side wall of the disk hub, and an undercut portion extending radially outward from a radially inner diameter of the body portion for a portion of a radius of the disk clamping element to form a step; and a disk media disposed between the disk hub and the disk clamping element, wherein the disk clamping element is oriented such that the undercut portion is positioned proximate to the disk media.