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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2015
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 21/22 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 25/043 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 21/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disk drive assembly having a base; a voice coil motor assembly (VCM) comprising a VCM cover; a post extending from the base toward the VCM cover; and a latch movable mounted on the post such that the post extends there through, wherein the post comprises a cover supporting portion configured to support the VCM cover, and prevent the VCM cover from compressing the latch and causing the latch to contact both the VCM cover and the base simultaneously when a load is applied to a portion of the VCM cover above the latch.