Patent ID: 6917497

Claim:
A disk drive, comprising: a housing; at least one data storage disk movably interconnected with said housing; an actuator arm assembly movably interconnected with said housing by an actuator arm pivot; an actuator arm drive assembly associated with said actuator arm assembly; a transducer interconnected with said actuator arm assembly and disposable in alignment with said at least one data storage disk by said actuator arm drive assembly; and an actuator arm latch assembly comprising a latch pivot and a first latch member movably mounted on said latch pivot, wherein said latch pivot is disposed in non-parallel relation to said actuator arm pivot, and wherein said first latch member moves from a non-latching position to a latching position in response to said disk drive being exposed to a first force and while said transducer is in a parked position, wherein said at least one data storage disk is movably interconnected with said housing within a first reference plane, wherein a second reference plane is perpendicular to said first reference plane, and wherein said actuator arm latch assembly comprises means for latching said actuator arm assembly both when said disk drive is exposed to a force having at least a primary component that is within said first reference plane and when said disk drive is exposed to a force having a primary component that is within said second reference plane.