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| United States Patent | 8,234,667 |
| Hintermeister | July 31, 2012 |
A disc has an outer section on which digital media can be recorded and a core in its center in which a flash memory is embedded with the core having a central hole and electrical contacts to the flash memory. A disc drive has a drive spindle that is to extend into the disc core central hole with one of the spindle or spindle hub having electrical contacts to engage with the core electrical contacts so that data can be written into and/or read from the core flash memory by electronic components of the drive.
| Inventors: | Hintermeister; Gregory R. (Rochester, MN) |
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| Assignee: |
International Business Machines Corporation
(Armonk,
NY)
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| Family ID: | 40844462 |
| Appl. No.: | 11/969,416 |
| Filed: | January 4, 2008 |
| Document Identifier | Publication Date | |
|---|---|---|
| US 20090175154 A1 | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| Current U.S. Class: | 720/718 ; 369/273 |
| Current CPC Class: | G11B 7/28 (20130101) |
| Current International Class: | G11B 3/70 (20060101); G11B 7/24 (20060101) |
| Field of Search: | ;369/273 ;720/718,721,722,723 |
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