Micro-actuator damping and humidity protection

The present invention relates to the field of mass storage devices. More particularly, this invention relates to micro-actuator damping and humidity protection in a disc drive. A micro-actuator including a skeleton having flexible beams, a rotor portion, a stator portion, and a damping material. The...

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Hauptverfasser: Boutaghou, Zine Eddine, Segar, Peter R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to the field of mass storage devices. More particularly, this invention relates to micro-actuator damping and humidity protection in a disc drive. A micro-actuator including a skeleton having flexible beams, a rotor portion, a stator portion, and a damping material. The flexible beams connect the rotor portion to the stator portion and the damping material is applied to the skeleton. The damping material provides a protective layer to the flexible beams of a micro-actuator. The damping material increases the damping characteristics of the micro actuator and limits the penetration of humidity into the skeleton of the micro actuator.