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US 6,856,485 B2Granted
Biased retaining ring for disc drive
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsMichael Joo Chiang Toh, Xiong Liu, Joseph Cheng-Tsu Liu, Choonkiat Lim
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Abstract
A disc drive having a pivot cartridge and an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly consists of an actuator body which has a bore therein to receive the pivot cartridge. The actuator body further consists of an opening which serves as a ledge to engage a biased retaining ring. The biased retaining ring couples onto the pivot cartridge and forces the pivot cartridge to contact against one side of the bore of the actuator body.
Claims10
An actuator assembly comprising:
- an actuator body having a bore, the bore defining an internal surface;
- a pivot cartridge in the bore of the actuator body;
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- a retaining ring for biasing the pivot cartridge toward one portion of the internal surface and away from another portion of the internal surface.
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A disc drive comprising:
- an actuator body having a bore defining an internal surface;
- a pivot cartridge;
- and
- means for biasing the pivot cartridge toward one portion of the internal surface.
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An actuator assembly comprising:
- an actuator body comprising a vertically extending bore defining internal surface;
- a pivot cartridge mounted in the bore, the pivot cartridge contacting one portion of the internal surface and being spaced from another portion of the internal surface horizontally spaced from the one portion of the internal surface;
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- a retaining ring for securing the pivot cartridge within the bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.