IP Library Granted Patent US 6,342,992
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US 6,342,992 · App. 09/374,377

Hard disk drive actuator pivot with inboard pads and enhanced pivot sleeve thickness for improved servo stability

Inventors: Walter Lloyd Prater, Eric Martin Albertson, Ambrish Misra, Hatem Radwan
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Granted: Jan 29, 2002 Filed: Aug 13, 1999
Inventors
Walter Lloyd Prater
Eric Martin Albertson
Ambrish Misra
Hatem Radwan
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Patent No.
US 6,342,992
App. No.
09/374,377
Filed
1999-08-13
Granted
2002-01-29
Kind
B1