Pop-on disc clamp for a data storage device

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Disk record

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C360S098080, C029S603030, C029S737000

Reexamination Certificate

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10638731

ABSTRACT:
Steps for clamping storage media to a motor hub to form a data storage device include; securing the disc clamp with a mounting tool, which subsequently expands a central mounting aperture of the disc clamp for assembly of the disc clamp to the motor hub. Upon eschewing the mounting tool from the disc clamp, the motor hub constrains the disc clamp to develop a clamp force that is imparted on the storage media by an annular rib of the disc clamp to clamp the disc to the motor hub. The disc clamp is generally disc shaped and includes a central mounting aperture and a peripheral portion that includes the annular rib extending in a radial direction from the central mounting aperture. The annular rib pressingly engages the storage media to clamp storage media to the motor hub.

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“Collapsible Disk Clamping Apparatus,” Feb. 1, 1994, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. No. 37, Iss. No. 2A, pp. 283-284.

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