Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Disk record
Patent
1994-09-28
1996-08-20
Evans, Jefferson
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Disk record
360 9912, G11B 1702
Patent
active
055484573
ABSTRACT:
A clamp ring for clamping disks to a rotating hub includes a inner diameter leg portion, a cross member portion and a disk contacting portion. A cross sectional view of the clamp ring is N-shaped. The clamp ring is heated so that it thermally expands to a diameter that is larger than the outer diameter of the hub. A thermally expanded clamp ring is placed on the top of the disk stack which has at least one disk. An axial load is placed on the inner diameter leg portion as the clamp ring cools. The inner diameter grips the hub as it cools. The cross member is compressed as the clamp ring cools. The disk contacting portion moves slightly as the clamp ring cools. This movement counteracts the outward movement of the disk contacting portion of the clamp during loading resulting in little tendency to cone the disk. The result is a disk stack clamped without a resulting radial load on the disks.
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Brooks Peter E.
Glaess David F.
Billion Richard E.
Evans Jefferson
International Business Machines - Corporation
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