One-sided, single platter hard disk with center parking...

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G11B 5/012 (2006.01) G11B 25/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2164885

A disk drive assembly according to the present invention comprises a disk with a single recording surface having a substantially planar region at its center, means for rotating the disk, an actuator assembly including a single suspension supporting a transducer, and means for "parking" the transducer at the center region of the disk. In a preferred embodiment, the disk is mounted directly to a flat motor. In an alternate embodiment, a motor hub or a stationary structure is provided at the center of the disk and is flush with the plane of the recording surface. The design of the present invention offers the advantage of a very low profile disk drive particularly suitable for applications such as card-type disk drives.

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