Multi-actuator interconnector
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsMaxwell Reese Kraus, Roger A. Resh, Andrew R. Motzko, Michael Allen Mewes
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Abstract
A data storage device includes a first actuator and a second actuator rotatable around a common axis. The data storage device further includes a first electrical connector configured to communicate electrical signals to and from the first actuator via a first flexible circuit. The data storage device further includes a second electrical connector separate from but in a stacked arrangement with the first electrical connector. The second electrical connector is configured to communicate electrical signals to and from the second actuator via a second flexible circuit.
Claims20
A data storage device comprising:
- a first actuator and a second actuator rotatable around a common axis;
- a first electrical connector configured to communicate electrical signals to and from the first actuator via a first flexible conductive ribbon extending between the first electrical connector and the first actuator;
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- a second electrical connector separate from but in a vertically stacked arrangement with the first electrical connector, the second electrical connector configured to communicate electrical signals to and from the second actuator via a second flexible conductive ribbon that is physically separate from the first flexible conductive ribbon and that extends between the second electrical connector and the second actuator.
A data storage device comprising:
- a base deck;
- a first actuator and a second actuator rotatable with respect to the base deck around a common axis;
- a support assembly including a first support member and a second support member;
- a first electrical connector compressed at least partially between the first support member and the second support member;
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- a second electrical connector at least partially compressed between the second support member and the base deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.