Patent ID: 6543124
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for assembling a disc drive having a disc and an actuator with a tab portion disposed at a proximal end and a head on the distal end, the method comprising:(a) rotating the actuator about a central post; (b) contactingly engaging an outer stop wherein the outer stop comprises: a base plate, adapted to be fixedly positioned within the disc drive; a post extending upward from the base plate; and a cantilevered arm extending outward from the post, the arm comprising a proximal end connecting the arm to the post and a distal end for providing contacting engagement with the actuator, the cantilevered arm being displaceable in a rotational direction substantially about the post and deformable in a direction substantially along a longitudinal axis of the cantilevered arm; (c) displacing the arm of the outer stop in the rotational direction substantially about the post through the exertion of a displacement force by the tab portion of the actuator upon the distal end of the arm; (d) rotating the tab portion of the actuator past the outer stop and merging the head onto a disc; and (e) returning the arm of the outer stop to its original position once the tab portion has ceased exertion of the displacement force and the head is merged onto the disc.