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US 5,313,350 AGranted
Plug-in actuator latch mechanism
AssigneeMaxtor Corporation
InventorF. Eugene Dion
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Abstract
A card sized portable hard disk drive which has a latch mechanism that locks the actuator arm when the card is detached from a computer.
Claims12
A hard disk drive card unit that can be coupled to a first connector of a computer, comprising:
- a housing having a second connector adapted to be mated with the first connector;
- a magnetic disk operatively connected to said housing, said magnetic disk having a read/write zone and a landing zone;
- an actuator arm assembly coupled to said housing and adapted to move a magnetic head between said read/write zone and said landing zone of said magnetic disk;
- and,
- latch means for securing said magnetic head within said landing zone of said magnetic disk when said second connector is detached from the first connector.
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A computer assembly, comprising:
- a computer chassis that has a slot;
- a first connector located within said slot, said first connector having a latch engagement surface;
- a housing having a second connector adapted to be mated with said first connector;
- a magnetic disk operatively connected to said housing, said magnetic disk having a read/write zone and a landing zone;
- an actuator arm assembly coupled to said housing and adapted to move a magnetic head between said read/write zone and landing zone of said magnetic disk;
- and,
- latch means for engaging said latch engagement surface of said first connector and securing said magnetic head within said landing zone of said magnetic disk when said latch means is disengaged from said latch engagement surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.