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US 10,872,634 B2Granted
Methods and devices for conditioning disks
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorSamuel Lewis Tanaka
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Abstract
A system includes a cooling plate coupled to a first disk holder and to a second disk holder. The first disk holder and the second disk holder are each shaped to be removably coupled to respective inner diameter surfaces of disks such that, when coupled, each disk is positioned a distance from the cooling plate.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a cooling plate coupled to a first disk holder and to a second disk holder, wherein the first disk holder and the second disk holder are each shaped to be removably coupled to respective inner diameter surfaces of disks such that, when coupled, each disk is positioned a distance from the cooling plate, wherein the first disk holder and the second disk holder each include first and second inclined surfaces that the inner diameter surface of each disk rests on, wherein the first and second inclined surfaces are angled with respect to a plane parallel to a face of the cooling plate.
A system comprising:
- a cooling plate coupled to a first disk holder and to a second disk holder, wherein the first disk holder and the second disk holder protrude directly from the cooling plate, wherein the first disk holder and the second disk holder are each shaped to be removably coupled to respective inner diameter surfaces of disks such that, when coupled, each disk is positioned a fixed distance from the cooling plate, and wherein the first disk holder and the second disk holder each include a hanger-like structure such that the inner diameter surface of each disk rests on each hanger-like structure.
A system comprising:
- a cooling plate coupled to a first disk holder and to a second disk holder, wherein the first disk holder and the second disk holder are each shaped to be removably coupled to respective inner diameter surfaces of disks such that, when coupled, each disk is positioned a fixed distance from the cooling plate;
- a disk-conditioning machine including one or more robotic arms with an end effector, wherein the disk-conditioning machine is programmed to:
- position a first disk on the first disk holder via the one or more robotic arms,
- while the first disk is positioned on the first disk holder, position a second disk on the second disk holder via the one or more robotic arms, and
- while the second disk is positioned on the second disk holder, remove the first disk from the first disk holder and position a third disk on the first disk holder via the one or more robotic arms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.