Patent ID: 6874219
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: G11B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for preventing the displacement of a disk clamp while the disk clamp is being assembled to a hub of a motor in a hard disk drive, comprising: a hub of a motor having a plurality of holes formed therein; a disk clamp having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, each of the apertures having an axis and axially registering with at least some of the holes in the hub and having a countersink formed therein; a disk clamp installation tool for assembling the disk clamp to the hub, the disk clamp installation tool having a plurality of fastener sleeves for dispensing fasteners, the fastener sleeves axially registering with respective ones of the apertures in the disk clamp, each of the fastener sleeves having an end that is tapered and complementary in shape to the countersinks in the apertures of the disk clamp; and the disk clamp installation tool simultaneously engaging at least some of the apertures in the disk clamp with respective ones of the fasteners to prevent displacement of the disk clamp relative to the hub when the fasteners are driven through the apertures and into the holes of the hub.