Patent ID: 8743509
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive comprising: a disk drive base; a spindle attached to the disk drive base and defining a spindle rotation axis; a first disk for storing user data and attached to the spindle, the first disk including a disk outer peripheral extent; an actuator attached to the disk drive base and defining an actuator pivot axis that is substantially parallel to the spindle rotation axis, the actuator including: wherein the disk drive further comprises: a head gimbal assembly (HGA) attached to the at least one actuator arm; and a ramp comprising a parking surface that is in contact with the HGA with the disk drive in a non-operational state, wherein in the non-operational state, the first disk limiter tab extends over the first disk from the disk outer peripheral extent toward the spindle rotation axis by only a radial overlap distance in the range of 0.2 mm to 2 mm.