Device for fixing actuator and cover in hard disk drive
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorMyung-Il Kim
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Abstract
A device for fixing an actuator and a cover in a hard disk drive is provided with a body base having a boss and a screw hole formed on the boss. A pivot bearing is formed at the center of the actuator and fit around the boss, a cylindrical ring of a predetermined length is closely inserted into the pivot bearing, a hole is formed on the cover, and a pivot screw is tightened into the screw hole of the boss through the hole of the cover and the cylindrical ring. Therefore, the actuator and the cover are simultaneously fixed on the base body by the pivot screw.
Claims20
A device for fixing a cover and an actuator on a base in a hard disk drive, comprising:
- a boss formed on said base and having a screw hole;
- a fixing element formed on said cover, having a fixing hole;
- a pivot bearing assembled in said actuator, having one end contacting said base and the other end contacting said fixing element while inserted around said boss;
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- a pivot screw having a head portion, a cylindrical portion extended from said head portion, and a thread portion extended from said cylindrical portion and tightened into said screw hole while said cylindrical portion is inserted inside of said pivot bearing through said fixing hole.
A device for fixing a cover and an actuator on a base in a hard disk drive, comprising:
- a boss formed on said base and having a screw hole;
- a fixing element formed on said cover, having a fixing hole formed on said fixing element;
- a pivot bearing assembled in said actuator, having one end contacting said base and the other end contacting said fixing element while one portion of said pivot bearing is inserted around said boss;
- a cylindrical ring inserted inside of the other portion of said pivot bearing while said boss is inserted inside of said one portion of said pivot bearing, contacting both said boss and said fixing element;
- a pivot screw tightened into said screw hole through said fixing hole and said cylindrical ring.
A device for fixing a cover and an actuator on a base in a hard disk drive, comprising:
- a boss formed on said base, having a screw hole;
- a fixing element formed on said cover, having a fixing hole;
- a pivot bearing assembled in said actuator, having a bore inserted around said boss, engaged with both said fixing element and said base while said boss is inserted into said bore of said pivot bearing;
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- a pivot screw tightened into said screw hole of said base while inserted through said fixing hole and said bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.