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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Intriplex Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Joshua Parker, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Frederic C. Petersen, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Shawn P. Couture, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Prabheesh Balakrishnan Kuniyil, Kerala, IN;
Bob A. Nykanen, Covinton, GA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
A tolerance ring suitable for use in applications such as an actuator assembly for a disk drive, is disclosed. The tolerance ring may be fabricated by steps including stamping a sheet metal section from a strip of sheet metal that has first and second edges that are parallel to a strip axis. A leading axial edge may be rounded from an inner major face and from an outer major face. A plurality of protrusions may be formed from the first major face. The sheet metal section may be bent into a substantially cylindrical shape having a central axis that is normal to the strip axis.