Claims
- 1. A disc drive comprising:a rotatable disc; a pivotal actuator supporting a read/write head in a data reading and writing relationship with the disc; and limit means supported by the actuator for limiting a range of deflection of the disc in response to application of a non-operational shock to the disc drive to prevent corresponding deflection of the actuator.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/004,924 filed Oct. 6, 1995, and Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/009,172 filed Dec. 22, 1995, hereby incorporated by reference, and is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/114,956 filed Jul. 13, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,084,744, which is divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/659,338 filed Jun. 6, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,801,899 .
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Provisional Applications (2)
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60/004924 |
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