Magnetic transducer receiver for a disk drive
US5323284A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 26, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B21/00
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A receiver assembly is provided for releasably mounting a head/arm assembly to a movable arm of a disc drive. The head/arm assembly has a rigid arm having at least two mutually exclusive predetermined defined edges and a flex arm mounted to the rigid arm supporting the transducing head in a predetermined relation to the predetermined edges of the rigid arm. The receiver assembly includes a base member having a surface receiving the rigid arm of the head/arm assembly. At least two positioning pins are mounted to the base member adjacent the receiving surface, and an actuator provides a predetermined bias against the rigid arm so that the defined edges of the rigid arm bear against the positioning pins. A clamp assembly is mounted to the base member to releasably clamp the rigid arm of the head/arm assembly to the receiving surface of the base. The base member is fixedly mountable to the movable arm of the disc drive to position the positioning pins in a predetermined relation to the arm. With the head/arm assembly positioned in the receiver assembly and the receiver assembly mounted to the movable arm, the head is in a predetermined position with respect to the movable arm.
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