Patent ID: 7733610
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An actuator assembly comprising: an actuator arm rotatable about a pivot point and configured to access data on a storage medium, the actuator arm having a base end coupled to a lift tab and a distal end coupled to a transducing head; a crash stop located adjacent the base end of the actuator arm, the crash stop comprising a first side end having a first inner-facing surface that prevents the transducing head from traveling beyond an outer diameter of a storage medium, a second side end having a second inner facing surface and a top end having a bottom facing surface that couples the first side end to the second side end, the first inner facing surface of the first side end and the second inner facing surface of the second side end being substantially perpendicular to the bottom facing surface of the top end; and a ramp having an inclined surface and an opposing top surface that is parallel with the bottom facing surface of the top end of the crash stop, the ramp being directly coupled to and protruding from the second inner facing surface of the second side end of the crash stop to a point between the first side end and the second side end of the crash stop, wherein upon rotation of the actuator arm about the pivot point to the inner diameter of the storage medium the lift tab slides along the inclined surface to tilt the actuator arm about a hinge for guiding the transducing head away from the storage medium.