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US 8,284,514 B1Granted
Disk drive having a clamp fastener with a convex head
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorJonathan M. Garbarino
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Abstract
Disclosed is a clamp fastener that includes a convex head to prevent damage due to contact from a cover of a disk drive. The disk drive comprises a disk, a spindle motor, a disk clamp mounted to a top surface of the disk, and a clamp fastener. The clamp fastener includes a convex head. The clamp fastener is mounted through the disk clamp to connect the disk clamp and the disk to the spindle motor such that the spindle motor spins the disk, wherein the convex head is nearer to the cover than the disk clamp.
Claims22
A disk drive comprising:
- a disk;
- a spindle motor;
- a cover;
- a disk clamp mounted to a top surface of the disk and having a recessed inner, central portion, an outer section, and a middle section, between the inner, central portion and the outer section, elevated relative to the inner, central portion and the outer section;
- and
- a clamp fastener having a convex head, the clamp fastener being mounted in the recessed inner, central portion and through the disk clamp to connect the disk clamp and the disk to the spindle motor such that the spindle motor spins the disk, wherein the convex head is nearer to the cover than the disk clamp.
3 more elements
A method to reduce damage due to contact from a cover of a disk drive:
- mounting a disk clamp to a top surface of a disk, wherein the disk clamp comprises a recessed inner, central portion, an outer section, and a middle section, between the inner, central portion and the outer section, elevated relative to the inner, central portion and the outer section;
- and
- mounting a clamp fastener in the recessed inner, central portion and through the disk clamp to connect the disk clamp, the disk, and the clamp fastener to a spindle motor such that the spindle motor spins the disk, wherein the clamp fastener includes a convex head nearer to the cover than the disk clamp to reduce damage if the convex head is contacted by the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.