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Disc memory head positioner

US4745504A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1987
Grant dateMay 17, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B21/08
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A friction driven head positioner system for a disk memory including a positioner arm with a flexural pivot end and a driven end on which read/write heads are mounted. The flexural pivot end is coupled to a support post of the chassis of the disk memory and a spring urges the driven end of the positioner arm into a shaft of a positioner motor to thereby drive the heads across tracks of the disk.

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