Composite disk drive armset
US6057989A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/4813
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An actuator armset for a computer disk drive, the armset having a bore for rotating about a spindle of the disk drive to position a transducer radially across a disk of the drive, components of the armset including a body, a coil housing, a crash stop, and a plurality of actuator arms, each component comprising a selected amount of beryllium, the amount of beryllium selected for each component differing necessarily from that for the other components, such that maximum armset performance is provided at a relatively low cost.
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