Patent ID: 6462913
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A latching assembly for releasably securing an actuator of a disk drive to a base of the disk drive, said disk drive including an actuator, a hub for receiving at least one disk, and a motor for driving the hub, said latching assembly comprising: a rotatable member spaced from the actuator including a protruding latch segment and a magnet segment disposed at an edge portion of the rotatable member, the hub including a corresponding segment that cooperates with the magnetic segment of the rotatable member to releasably secure the rotatable member at a first position in which the latch segment of the rotatable member engages a hook portion of the actuator to releasably secure the actuator in a predetermined position; the motor being disposed proximate the rotatable member to allow the eddy current electromotive force generated between the motor hub and latch magnet when the motor is activated to overcome the magnetic field of the magnet segment and release the actuator.