Architecture for low-profile disk drive device
US5384677A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B19/2009
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An architecture for a low profile disk drive device wherein a lower surface of an information bearing disk abutting an upper surface of a spindle motor is not accessed by a read/write head for data storage or retrieval. The disk is used as a magnetic shield to protect reading and writing from an upper surface of the disk, The architecture facilitates lower profile construction because the spindle motor can be made with a larger diameter and thinner height. Memory capacity is not sacrificed because a greater portion of the remaining disk surfaces is utilized.
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