Patent ID: 11881232
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A hard disk drive (HDD) comprising:
a top first portion comprising:
a first spindle motor,
a plurality of first disk media rotatably mounted on the first spindle motor, and
a first enclosure having an open side and a closed side; and

a bottom second portion comprising:
a second spindle motor,
a plurality of second disk media rotatably mounted on the second spindle motor,
a first plurality of head sliders each housing a read-write transducer configured to read from and to write to a respective disk medium of the first disk media,
a first actuator configured for moving the first plurality of head sliders to access portions of the first disk media,
a second plurality of head sliders each housing a read-write transducer configured to read from and to write to a respective disk medium of the second disk media,
a second actuator configured for moving the second plurality of head sliders to access portions of the second disk media, and
a second enclosure having an open side and a closed side;

wherein the first portion is coupled with the second portion such that the open side of the first enclosure mates with the open side of the second enclosure.