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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Koji Adachi, San Jose, CA (US);
Ian J. Beresford, Milpitas, CA (US);
Thomas Y. Chang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kuo Hsing Hwang, San Jose, CA (US);
James Hennessy, Campbell, CA (US);
David Perez, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An enlarged substrate for a magnetic recording medium used in a data storage device such as a hard disc drive (HDD). In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a substrate for a magnetic recording disc for installation in a 3½ inch form factor hard disc drive, the substrate having an overall diameter of nominally from 96.9 mm to 100.4 mm. In other embodiments, an apparatus comprises a substrate for a magnetic recording disc for installation in a 2½ inch form factor hard disc drive, the substrate having an overall diameter of nominally from 66.9 mm to 71.8 mm. In other embodiments, a data storage device has a magnetic recording medium that uses an enlarged substrate as set forth above.