Patent ID: 6888698

Claim:
A disk drive comprising: a disk drive base; a spindle motor hub rotatably coupled to the disk drive base; a disk disposed about the hub and having a disk surface; a disk clamp attached to the hub in mechanical communication with the disk surface for applying a clamping force to the disk, the disk clamp including: an inner annular surface disposed adjacent the hub; an outer annular surface disposed concentrically about the inner annular surface; and a disk damp land portion disposed between the inner and outer annular surfaces and extending from the inner and outer annular surfaces to adjacent the disk surface for applying a clamping force to the disk; a disk clamp damping member disposed adjacent and in mechanical communication with the disk clamp and the disk surface for damping movement of the disk relative to the hub; and an annular disk clamp shim disposed between the disk clamp damping member and the disk surface and between the disk clamp land portion and the disk surface.