Patent ID: 8228640

Claim:
A hard disk drive assembly, comprising: an actuator arm having a bore with an axis, an interior surface and an axial length; a pivot bearing assembly located in the bore and having an external surface; and a tolerance ring positioned between the interior surface of the bore and the external surface of the pivot bearing assembly, the tolerance ring having a first axial end, a second axial end, and an axial length, the tolerance ring further having (i) a band including corrugated protrusions extending radially outward from unformed annular portions thereof, the band having an internal diameter defined by the unformed annular portions and having an external diameter defined by the corrugated protrusions, and (ii) a guide portion extending from the band and defining the first axial end of the tolerance ring, the guide portion having a guide surface inclined relative to the axis of the of the band, wherein the first axial end of the tolerance ring defined by the guide portion has an opening having a diameter that is greater than the internal diameter of the band, and the tolerance ring is disposed such that the entire axial length of the tolerance ring is within the axial length of the bore.