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A parking device for an actuator in a storage device which includes a voice coil motor having a magnet, providing a magnetic field including a magnetic flux, and a coil coupled to the actuator. The parking device includes a magnetically permeable capture structure forming a path for the magnetic flu

A parking device for an actuator in a storage device which includes a voice coil motor having a magnet, providing a magnetic field including a magnetic flux, and a coil coupled to the actuator. The parking device includes a magnetically permeable capture structure forming a path for the magnetic flux and generating a capture region, the capture region being a region of magnetic flux adjacent to the capture structure; and a capture member, having a face plate, coupled to the actuator such that the capture member enters the capture region to park the actuator when the actuator is in a park position. In a further aspect, the parking device includes a magnet structure supporting the magnet, having a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein the capture structure is positioned between the top and bottom plates and forms a magnetic circuit path for the magnetic flux with the magnet, and the top and bottom plates. In yet another aspect, the magnet structure comprises a support post member including an air gap to generate a fringe effect in the magnetic flux to provide the capture region and includes cavities such that the circuit path formed by the structure channels the magnetic flux to the gap.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A parking device for an actuator in a storage device, the storage device including a voice coil motor having a voice coil magnet, providing a magnetic field including a magnetic flux, and a coil coupled to the actuator, comprising:a magnetically permeable capture structur

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A parking device for an actuator in a storage device, the storage device including a voice coil motor having a voice coil magnet, providing a magnetic field including a magnetic flux, and a coil coupled to the actuator, comprising:a magnetically permeable capture structure receiving the magnetic flux from the voice coil magnet and including means for directing the magnetic flux adjacent to the capture structure; anda capture member, having a face plate, coupled to the actuator such that the capture member enters the magnetic flux from the voice coil magnet to park the actuator when the actuator is in a park position and the face plate lies in contact with the capture structure.