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Disk drive apparatus having carriage driving mechanism

US5303104A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1992
Grant dateApr 12, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19623
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk drive apparatus for recording and reproducing signals movement-positions a head, mounted on a carriage, in a disk radial direction with the aid of a pinion provided on an output shaft of a step motor and a rack provided on the carriage The rack is attached to the carriage through parallel leaf springs, and press-engages with the pinion by providing a pre-load to the rack via an elastic restoring force caused by flexure of the parallel leaf springs.

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