Patent ID: 7307813
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An integrated spacer disk clamp for clamping one or more data storage disks to a hub of a disk drive, said integrated spacer clamp comprising: a clamp having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a center bore extending therethrough; a spacer offset below said lower surface of said clamp, said spacer having an upper surface, a lower surface, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner surface spaced radially inward from said outer peripheral surface, said inner surface being defined by a wall section extending substantially perpendicular from said lower surface of said spacer and by a centering flange formed on said inner surface above said wall section, said centering flange extending radially inward beyond said wall section towards an axis of said spacer disk clamp; and a neck interconnecting said clamp to said spacer.