Patent ID: 7369367

Claim:
A voice coil motor assembly for a Contact Start/Stop (CSS) hard disk drive, comprising: a voice coil with a voice coil bias steel coupled thereto; a yoke assembly comprising: a top proximity latch magnet attached to a yoke top plate; a bottom proximity latch magnet attached to a yoke bottom plate, and set such the top and bottom proximity latch magnets are face to face with a space in between them to allow said voice coil bias steel to enter and exit; and said yoke top plate is attached to said yoke bottom plate; wherein said yoke top plate is attached to a top voice coil fixed magnet; wherein said yoke bottom plate is attached to a bottom voice coil fixed magnet; wherein said top proximity latch magnet and said bottom proximity latch magnet attract and hold said voice coil bias steel therebetween to provide a magnetic proximity latch for a crash stop of said CSS hard disk drive.