Patent ID: 8891202
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a hub comprising: a plurality of hub voids on a top portion of an outer perimeter of the hub; an annular groove in the outer perimeter of the hub; and a mounting point for at least one disk; and a plurality of disk clamp flanges spaced about an inner perimeter of an inner opening of an annular disk clamp; a plurality of disk clamp notches spaced about an outer lip of the annular disk clamp; an annular trough between the inner perimeter and the outer lip of the annular disk clamp, wherein a bottom of the annular trough is on a plane different than a plane of the inner perimeter and the outer lip; a plurality of hub flanges alternating with the hub voids, and operable to accommodate placement of the annular disk clamp; wherein the plurality of disk clamp flanges occupy at least a portion of the annular groove of the hub, thereby positioning the bottom of the annular trough of the disk clamp in contact with the at least one disk and clamping the at least one disk onto the hub at the mounting point.