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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas D. Smyth, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel T. Nguyen, Milpitas, CA (US);
David K. Myers, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/02 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01); G11B 21/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 25/043 (2013.01); G11B 21/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disk drive assembly having a base, a cover, a post extending from the base toward the cover, and a latch movably mounted on the post such that the post extends there through, wherein the post comprises a cover supporting portion configured to support the cover, and prevent the cover from compressing the latch and causing the latch from contacting both the cover and the base simultaneously when a load is applied to a portion of the cover above the latch.