Disk drive with translatable ramp

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7672083
SERIAL NO

11352534

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A disk drive having a translatable ramp is disclosed. The disk drive includes a head gimbal assembly having a proximate end that is attached to an actuator, and a distal end that includes a lift tab. The ramp includes a lift tab supporting surface located as close to a pivot axis of the actuator as is the lift tab. The ramp also includes a ramp guiding surface that is in contact with a mating surface of the disk drive base. A fastener selectively allows or prevents relative translation between the ramp and the disk drive base. The aforementioned contact constrains the relative translation so that the relative translation changes the distance between the lift tab supporting surface and the disk axis of rotation more than the relative translation changes the distance between the lift tab supporting surface and the actuator pivot axis.

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WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY SAN JOSE CA 95119

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allen, Kenneth Felton, US 7 145
Hall, Perry E Hollister, US 1 72
Huang, Lidu Danville, US 64 946
Lo, Lawrence H Cupertino, US 1 72
Myers, David K Campbell, US 24 602
Watson, Scott E San Jose, US 19 1056
Yu, William Wei Yi Anne Arbor, US 1 72

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