Patent ID: 8307537
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: B25B,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a disk drive, comprising the steps of: providing a head stack assembly including a shaft, the shaft defining a shaft outer diameter and including an engagement feature recessed within the shaft and entirely contained within the shaft outer diameter; providing a tooling mandrel, the tooling mandrel including at least two tooling fingers, at least one of the tooling fingers being movable, the at least one movable tooling finger being configured to be moved between a first configuration in which respective distal tips of the tooling fingers are insertable into and removable from the engagement feature and a second configuration in which the distal tips are configured to engage the engagement feature, the tooling mandrel further including a tooling finger spreader coupled to the at least one movable tooling finger and configured to selectively move the at least one movable tooling finger between the first and second configurations; locating the distal tips at least partially within the engagement feature with the tooling fingers in the first configuration; and moving the at least one movable tooling finger to the second configuration to engage the shaft.