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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Matthew L. Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua P. Weiher, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew L. Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua P. Weiher, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/06 (2006.01); G11B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive having a spindle hub, a disk clamp, coupled to the spindle hub, the disk clamp having an aperture, and a balance plug inserted through the aperture of the disk clamp is described herein. The balance plug has a thermally deformable portion that is deformed to retain the balance plug between the spindle hub and the disk clamp.