Movable carriage assembly supporting glad/write heads for a disk drive
US6067210A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 6, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/55
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A carriage assembly for a computer disk drive is provided. The carriage assembly comprises a movable carriage for supporting read/write heads for movement relative to one or more magnetic disks, the movable carriage having one or more slots. A guiding structure supports the movable carriage for guiding the movement of the movable carriage, the guiding structure having one or more slots. A plurality of spherical balls is provided with each spherical ball located between a slot of the movable carriage and a slot of the guiding structure.
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