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US 2015/0318016 A1Published application
Storage device with a cover supporting portion
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNICHOLAS D. SMYTH, DANIEL T. NGUYEN, DAVID K. MYERS
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Abstract
A disk drive assembly having a base; a voice coil motor assembly (VCM) comprising a VCM cover; a post extending from the base toward the VCM cover; and a latch movable mounted on the post such that the post extends there through, wherein the post comprises a cover supporting portion configured to support the VCM cover, and prevent the VCM cover from compressing the latch and causing the latch to contact both the VCM cover and the base simultaneously when a load is applied to a portion of the VCM cover above the latch.
Claims10
A disk drive assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a voice coil motor assembly (VCM) comprising a VCM cover;
- a post extending from the base toward the VCM cover;
- and
- a latch movable mounted on the post such that the post extends there through,
- wherein the post comprises a cover supporting portion configured to:
- support the VCM cover, and
- prevent the VCM cover from compressing the latch and causing the latch to contact both the VCM cover and the base simultaneously when a load is applied to a portion of the VCM cover above the latch.
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