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Magnetic-field generator for use in a magneto-optical disk unit

US5517472A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 1994
Grant dateMay 14, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B19/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sliding part of a magnetic-field generator is configured to slide above and spaced from a surface of a loaded magneto-optical disk in a floating manner. A magnetic-field generating part, which provides a magnetic field to the magneto-optical disk, includes a magnetic pole disposed on a side of the sliding part such that the magnetic pole and the sliding part are positioned adjacent to each other in a radial direction of the surface of the loaded magneto-optical disk and such that the magnetic pole is located closer to a periphery of the magneto-optical disk than the sliding part. An entire flat end surface of the magnetic pole confronting the surface of the magneto-optical disk is generally parallel to and recedes from a slide surface of the sliding part such that the entire flat end surface is spaced further from the surface of the magneto-optical disk than the slide surface of the sliding part.

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