Patent ID: 6226143
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive responsive to a host computer, comprising:a head-disk assembly, including:a base having a top, a bottom, a length corresponding to sides of said base, and a width corresponding to ends of said base, said width being less than said length,four support posts provided on said base spaced inward from said ends for securing the disk drive within the host computer, said four support posts capable of providing a quadrilateral area on said base, said four support posts being at corners of said quadrilateral area, said quadrilateral area having an increased rigidity upon the disk drive being secured to the host computer,storage means for storing data, said storage means having an outline and said storage means mounted at a point on said base within said quadrilateral area of increased rigidity,interactive means for reading information from and writing information on said storage means,actuator means, supported on said base and responsive to control signals, for positioning said interactive means with respect to said storage means and for limiting motion of said interactive means to positions within a region defined by said outline of said storage means, said actuator means being mounted at a point on said base within said quadrilateral area of increased rigidity, anda cover sealably attached to said base to enclose said storage means, said interactive means, and said actuator means; andcontrol means, mounted on said bottom of said base, for generating control signals to control said actuator means and for providing information signals to and receiving information signals from said interactive means.