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Multiple disk stack, single actuator hard disk drive

US8958172B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 2013
Grant dateFeb 17, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/5573
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lower cost per unit of storage hard disk drive (HDD) includes multiple disk stacks and a single head stack assembly for accessing the magnetic-recording disks of each of the multiple disk stacks asynchronously.

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