Patent ID: 6560075
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive, comprising:a plurality of disks; a plurality of head gimbal assemblies, each head gimbal assembly comprising a suspension, a slider attached to said suspension, a recording head attached to said slider said recording head for recording information on one of said disks; an upper and lower actuator, each of said actuators having one or more arms wherein each of said arms is attached to at least one of said head gimbal assemblies; and, an upper and lower bearing shaft each having two ends, said upper actuator rotatably mounted on said upper bearing shaft, said lower actuator rotatably mounted on said lower bearing shaft, wherein said upper and said lower bearing shafts are substantially aligned along the same rotational axis, wherein said disk drive additionally includes a central magnet mounting plate wherein the central mounting plate has an attachment portion, said upper bearing shaft has one of said ends attached to said attachment portion of said central magnet mounting plate, and lower bearing shaft has one of said ends attached to said attachment portion of said central magnet mounting plate.