Coupling between rotating elements of a magnetic storage device

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PATENT NO 12165679
APP PUB NO 20240249745A1
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18359762

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Disclosed herein is a magnetic storage device including a carriage with an opening. The opening defines a central axis and has multiple ridges parallel with the central axis. A cross-sectional shape of the opening, along a plane perpendicular to the central axis, includes multiple lobes, each terminating at two of the multiple ridges. The magnetic storage device also includes a pivot positioned in the opening in contact with the multiple ridges. The pivot has a cross-sectional shape, along the plane perpendicular to the central axis, that is circular. The carriage is rotatable, relative to at least one portion of the pivot, about the central axis.

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WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY SAN JOSE CA 95119

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Saito, Takeshi Hiratsuka, JP 413 6864
Suzuki, Koichi Fujisawa, JP 389 3939
Ueha, Michio Zama, JP 2 2
Usami, Yoshiya Setagaya-ku, JP 6 19

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