Patent ID: 8964328
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive comprising: a disk drive base, a disk drive top cover; a head actuator pivotably attached to the disk drive base, the disk drive base and the disk drive top cover together forming a disk drive enclosure that encloses the head actuator; at least one read head attached to the head actuator; a disk drive printed circuit board (PCB) attached to the disk drive base outside the disk drive enclosure; and a first motion sensor adhered to an external surface of the disk drive base; wherein the first motion sensor is disposed between the disk drive PCB and the disk drive base, and wherein the first motion sensor is electrically connected to the disk drive PCB by a plurality of resilient conductive prongs that are preloaded between the disk drive PCB and the first motion sensor.