Voice coil motor attachment for a hard disc assembly

A method for assembling a disc drive having a disc and an actuator with a tab portion disposed at a proximal end and a head on the distal end, the method comprising:

• (a) rotating the actuator about a central post;
• (b) contactingly engaging an outer stop wherein the outer stop comprises:
• a base plate, adapted to be fixedly positioned within the disc drive;
• a post extending upward from the base plate;
• and
• a cantilevered arm extending outward from the post, the arm comprising a proximal end connecting the arm to the post and a distal end for providing contacting engagement with the actuator, the cantilevered arm being displaceable in a rotational direction substantially about the post and deformable in a direction substantially along a longitudinal axis of the cantilevered arm;
• (c) displacing the arm of the outer stop in the rotational direction substantially about the post through the exertion of a displacement force by the tab portion of the actuator upon the distal end of the arm;
• (d) rotating the tab portion of the actuator past the outer stop and merging the head onto a disc;
• and
• (e) returning the arm of the outer stop to its original position once the tab portion has ceased exertion of the displacement force and the head is merged onto the disc.