Patent ID: 11935560
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A method for coupling disk media to a spindle, the method comprising:
positioning the disk media onto the spindle with disk spacers interleaved therebetween;
positioning a disk clamp over a top disk medium, wherein the disk clamp comprises multiple protrusions extending from a bottom side, wherein:
each of the multiple protrusions comprises an annular protrusion circumscribing a hub of the disk clamp, and
the multiple protrusions consist of an inner annular protrusion having a first center height and an outer annular protrusion having a second center height greater than the first center height; and

fastening the disk clamp to the spindle thereby forcing the multiple protrusions to contact the top disk medium to apply a clamping load at multiple respective contact positions of the top disk medium.