公开(公告)号：US07852601B1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-14

申请号：US11582791

申请日：2006-10-18

申请人： Aaron D. Little

发明人： Aaron D. Little

IPC分类号： G11B33/14

CPC分类号： G11B33/1466

摘要： A radial top cover gasket is used for sealing a disk drive assembly. In one embodiment, a disk drive assembly includes a baseplate having a sidewall disposed about a periphery of the baseplate. The disk drive further includes a top cover that is disposed within the sidewall of the baseplate. A gasket is then radially compressed between the top cover and an inner face of the baseplate sidewall.

摘要翻译： 径向顶盖垫圈用于密封磁盘驱动器组件。 在一个实施例中，盘驱动器组件包括具有围绕基板周边设置的侧壁的基板。 磁盘驱动器还包括设置在基板的侧壁内的顶盖。 然后，垫圈在顶盖和底板侧壁的内表面之间径向压缩。

公开(公告)号：US07280317B1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-09

申请号：US11086637

申请日：2005-03-22

申请人： Aaron D. Little ,  Seungman Chang

发明人： Aaron D. Little ,  Seungman Chang

IPC分类号： G11B33/14 ,  G11B5/55

CPC分类号： G11B33/12 ,  G11B5/4813 ,  G11B33/1466

摘要： A disk drive includes a rotary actuator including a pivot bearing cartridge. The pivot bearing cartridge has a pivot shaft with a shaft body and a shaft threaded end. A disk drive base includes inner and outer sides. The disk drive base includes an actuator support section that has a seal portion including a seal attachment surface disposed along the outer side. The actuator support section includes a raised portion extending from the seal portion towards the inner side. The actuator support section includes a hole portion positioned laterally within the raised portion and extending through the raised portion towards the outer side. The hole portion is engaged with the shaft threaded end. The hole portion includes a distal end that does not extend beyond the seal attachment surface. A seal is disposed upon the attachment surface for sealing the pivot shaft within the disk drive base.

摘要翻译： 磁盘驱动器包括旋转致动器，其包括枢轴支承盒。 枢转轴承筒具有带有轴体和轴螺纹端的枢轴。 磁盘驱动器底座包括内侧和外侧。 磁盘驱动器基座包括具有密封部分的致动器支撑部分，密封部分包括沿着外侧设置的密封附接表面。 致动器支撑部分包括从密封部分向内侧延伸的凸起部分。 致动器支撑部分包括位于凸起部分内横向延伸并且朝向外侧延伸穿过凸起部分的孔部分。 孔部与轴螺纹端接合。 孔部分包括不延伸超过密封附接表面的远端。 密封件设置在附接表面上，用于将枢转轴密封在盘驱动器底座内。

公开(公告)号：US06757132B1

公开(公告)日：2004-06-29

申请号：US09751898

申请日：2000-12-27

申请人： Scott E. Watson ,  Peter G. Robinson ,  Aaron D. Little

发明人： Scott E. Watson ,  Peter G. Robinson ,  Aaron D. Little

IPC分类号： G11B17022

CPC分类号： G11B17/022

摘要： A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head, a spindle motor having a hub, the hub comprising a cylindrical shaft, the shaft defining a generally cylindrically-shaped outer surface, the outer surface defining a latching member extending around at least part of the circumference of the shaft. A disk is positioned on the spindle motor and an actuator moves the head radially over the disk. A disk clamp clamps the disk to the spindle motor. The disk clamp comprises a ring-shaped body comprising an outer ring-shaped surface abutting the disk, and an inner neck spaced-apart from the outer ring-shaped surface, the inner neck comprising a plurality of independently flexing teeth for contacting the latching member.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种磁盘驱动器，其包括磁头，具有毂的主轴电机，所述毂包括圆柱形轴，所述轴限定大致圆柱形的外表面，所述外表面限定了围绕所述圆周方向的至少一部分延伸的闩锁构件 轴。 磁盘位于主轴电机上，致动器将磁头径向移动到磁盘上。 磁盘夹将磁盘夹紧到主轴电机。 盘夹具包括环形体，其包括邻接盘的外环形表面和与外环形表面间隔开的内颈部，内颈部包括多个独立地弯曲的齿，用于接触闩锁构件 。

公开(公告)号：US06698286B1

公开(公告)日：2004-03-02

申请号：US10262466

申请日：2002-09-30

申请人： Aaron D. Little ,  John E. Scura

发明人： Aaron D. Little ,  John E. Scura

IPC分类号： G01M116

CPC分类号： G01M1/36

摘要： A method of balancing a disk pack for use in a disk drive according to an aspect of the present invention. The disk pack includes a spindle motor and a rotatable disk. The spindle motor is configured to rotate the disk about an axis of rotation of the spindle motor. The spindle motor has a spindle motor imbalance location indicia upon the spindle motor indicative of a location of a spindle motor location imbalance. The method includes detecting the spindle motor imbalance location indicia. The method further includes placing the disk upon the spindle motor. The method further includes attaching the disk to the spindle motor with the disk being off-set from the axis of rotation based upon the detected spindle motor imbalance location indicia for balancing the disk pack by producing a disk off-set imbalance in relation to the axis of rotation.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的一个方面，一种用于平衡用于磁盘驱动器的磁盘盒的方法。 磁盘组包括主轴电机和可旋转磁盘。 主轴电机被配置为围绕主轴电动机的旋转轴线旋转盘。 主轴电机在主轴电机上具有主轴电机不平衡位置，指示主轴电机位置不平衡的位置。 该方法包括检测主轴电机不平衡位置标记。 该方法还包括将盘放置在主轴电动机上。 该方法还包括将盘附接到主轴电动机，其中盘基于检测到的主轴电机不平衡位置标记偏离旋转轴线，以通过产生相对于轴的盘偏移不平衡来平衡盘组 的旋转。

公开(公告)号：US06624966B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-23

申请号：US09872193

申请日：2001-05-31

申请人： Jin Hui Ou-Yang ,  Serge Hauert ,  John R. Gustafson ,  Chiao-Ping Ku ,  Lin Yang ,  Gary C. Griffin ,  Aaron D. Little ,  Sudha Narayanan

发明人： Jin Hui Ou-Yang ,  Serge Hauert ,  John R. Gustafson ,  Chiao-Ping Ku ,  Lin Yang ,  Gary C. Griffin ,  Aaron D. Little ,  Sudha Narayanan

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B5/60 ,  G11B33/08 ,  G11B33/14

摘要： A disk drive including a disk drive base. The disk drive further includes at least one rotatable disk which includes a disk surface extending to an outer disk edge. The disk drive further includes a head stack assembly rotatably attached to the disk drive base in operable communication with the disk. The disk drive further includes an airflow suppressor comb coupled to the disk drive base and stationary relative to the disk drive base during operation of the disk drive. The comb includes a comb body disposed adjacent to the outer disk edge, and at least one tine extending from the comb body along the disk surface for mitigating disk rotation induced airflow upon the head stack assembly adjacent to the disk surface.

摘要翻译： 包括磁盘驱动器基座的磁盘驱动器。 磁盘驱动器还包括至少一个可旋转盘，其包括延伸到外盘边缘的盘表面。 磁盘驱动器还包括可旋转地附接到磁盘驱动器基座的磁头堆叠组件，其可与磁盘可操作地通信。 磁盘驱动器还包括在盘驱动器的操作期间耦合到盘驱动器基座并相对于盘驱动器基座固定的气流抑制器梳。 梳子包括邻近外圆盘边缘设置的梳体，以及至少一个从梳齿体沿着盘表面延伸的齿，用于减轻与磁盘表面相邻的磁头堆叠组件上的磁盘旋转引起的气流。

公开(公告)号：US06876514B1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-05

申请号：US10262253

申请日：2002-09-30

申请人： Aaron D. Little

发明人： Aaron D. Little

IPC分类号： G11B5/60 ,  G11B25/04 ,  G11B33/14

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/142

摘要： A disk drive including a disk drive base and a cover attached to the disk drive base. The disk drive further includes a rotatable disk including a disk surface extending to an outer periphery. The disk drive further includes a spindle motor including an axis of rotation. The spindle motor is rotatably coupled to the disk drive base for rotating the disk about the axis of rotation. The disk drive further includes a shroud surface concentrically formed about and adjacent the outer periphery. The disk drive further includes a cavity formed in the shroud surface. The cavity extends to a cavity opening adjacent the outer periphery. The disk drive further includes an airflow diverter element extending from the cover towards the disk surface radially between the cavity opening and the axis of rotation for diverting disk rotation induced airflow adjacent the disk surface.

摘要翻译： 一个磁盘驱动器，包括一个磁盘驱动器底座和一个连接到磁盘驱动器底座的盖子。 磁盘驱动器还包括可旋转的盘，其包括延伸到外周的盘表面。 磁盘驱动器还包括包括旋转轴的主轴电机。 主轴电机可旋转地联接到盘驱动器基座，用于围绕旋转轴线旋转盘。 磁盘驱动器还包括围绕和相邻于外周边同心地形成的护罩表面。 磁盘驱动器还包括形成在护罩表面中的空腔。 空腔延伸到邻近外围的空腔开口。 磁盘驱动器还包括气流分流器元件，该气流引导元件从空腔开口和旋转轴线之间径向延伸从盘向盘表面转动，用于转向邻近盘表面的盘旋转引起的气流。

公开(公告)号：US08363351B1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-29

申请号：US12181469

申请日：2008-07-29

申请人： Aaron D. Little

发明人： Aaron D. Little

IPC分类号： G11B33/08

CPC分类号： G11B25/043

摘要： A disk drive includes a printed circuit board, an integrated circuit coupled to the printed circuit board, and a disk drive base coupled to the printed circuit board. The disk drive base includes a platform, the platform having a first surface elevated towards the printed circuit board and a second surface further elevated towards the printed circuit board relative to the first surface, the platform being generally aligned with the integrated circuit along an axis normal to the first surface.

摘要翻译： 磁盘驱动器包括印刷电路板，耦合到印刷电路板的集成电路和耦合到印刷电路板的磁盘驱动器基座。 磁盘驱动器基座包括平台，该平台具有朝着印刷电路板升高的第一表面和相对于第一表面进一步朝着印刷电路板升高的第二表面，所述平台沿着轴线正常与所述集成电路对准 到第一个表面。

公开(公告)号：US07633721B1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-15

申请号：US11345445

申请日：2006-02-01

申请人： Aaron D. Little ,  Lidu Huang

发明人： Aaron D. Little ,  Lidu Huang

IPC分类号： G11B5/54 ,  G11B21/22

CPC分类号： G11B5/54 ,  G11B21/22

摘要： A disk drive includes a disk drive base and an actuator that is rotatably coupled to the disk drive base. The actuator has an axis of rotation. The disk drive further includes a latch. The latch includes a fixed portion that is firmly coupled to the disk drive base, and a latching portion. The latch further includes a latch arm portion connecting the latching portion to the fixed portion. The latch arm portion includes a hinge region. The latch arm portion is thinner in a direction normal to the axis of rotation in the hinge region than the latch arm portion is outside of the hinge region. The latch arm portion, the latching portion, and the fixed portion are a single component having material continuity rather than an assembly of sub-components.

摘要翻译： 磁盘驱动器包括盘驱动器基座和可旋转地联接到盘驱动器基座的致动器。 致动器具有旋转轴。 磁盘驱动器还包括闩锁。 闩锁包括牢固地联接到盘驱动器底座的固定部分和闩锁部分。 闩锁还包括将闩锁部分连接到固定部分的闩锁臂部分。 闩锁臂部分包括铰链区域。 锁定臂部分在垂直于铰链区域中的旋转轴线的方向上比锁定臂部分在铰链区域外侧更薄。 闩锁臂部分，闩锁部分和固定部分是具有材料连续性而不是子部件的组装的单个部件。

公开(公告)号：US07609486B1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-27

申请号：US11113897

申请日：2005-04-25

申请人： Aaron D. Little

发明人： Aaron D. Little

IPC分类号： G11B21/08

CPC分类号： G11B25/043 ,  G11B5/5569 ,  G11B33/12

摘要： A disk drive includes a disk drive base. The disk drive further includes a cover. The disk drive further includes a rotary actuator rotably coupled to the disk drive base and the cover. The rotary actuator is disposed between the disk drive base and the cover. The disk drive further includes a post attached to the disk drive base. The post is positioned to limit a pivot arc of the rotary actuator in at least one direction of rotation. The post includes a post distal end extending away from the disk drive base and attached to the cover.

摘要翻译： 磁盘驱动器包括磁盘驱动器基座。 磁盘驱动器还包括盖。 磁盘驱动器还包括可旋转地联接到盘驱动器底座和盖的旋转致动器。 旋转致动器设置在盘驱动器基座和盖之间。 磁盘驱动器还包括附接到磁盘驱动器基座的柱。 该柱被定位成在至少一个旋转方向上限制旋转致动器的枢转弧。 该柱包括远离盘驱动器基座并附接到盖的柱远端。

公开(公告)号：US07271978B1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-18

申请号：US11086636

申请日：2005-03-21

申请人： Victor W. Santini ,  Aaron D. Little

发明人： Victor W. Santini ,  Aaron D. Little

IPC分类号： G11B5/012

CPC分类号： G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/1493

摘要： A disk drive includes a disk drive base including a pair of tab engagement slots. The disk drive further includes a printed circuit board assembly and a PCBA shield including a shield body having opposing first and second ends. The shield body is disposed against the printed circuit board assembly with the printed circuit board assembly between the PCBA shield and the disk drive base. The PCBA shield includes a pair of tabs extending from and integrally formed with the shield body at the first end. The tabs each are respectively disposed in the tab engagement slots for attaching the PCBA shield to the disk drive base. The tabs each are cooperatively sized and configured with the respective tab engagement slots to apply a force between the first end of the shield body and the printed circuit board assembly. The second end is attached to the disk drive base.

摘要翻译： 一个磁盘驱动器包括一个盘驱动器基座，它包括一对接头接合槽。 磁盘驱动器还包括印刷电路板组件和包括具有相对的第一和第二端的屏蔽体的PCBA屏蔽。 屏蔽体被布置在印刷电路板组件上，印刷电路板组件位于PCBA屏蔽和磁盘驱动器底座之间。 PCBA屏蔽件包括在第一端处从屏蔽体延伸并与其整体形成的一对突片。 每个翼片分别设置在翼片接合槽中，用于将PCBA屏蔽件附接到盘驱动器底座。 每个翼片各自配合大小并配置有相应的翼片接合槽，以在屏蔽体的第一端和印刷电路板组件之间施加力。 第二端连接到磁盘驱动器底座。