Patent · US Expired

Adjustable head loading apparatus

US6091577A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 1998
Grant dateJul 18, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/55
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One or more individual ramps 166 each slidably receive the free end of a tab member 160 connected to one of one or more transducer heads 130 mounted on a head actuator assembly 140 of a storage drive. The location at which each ramp 166 receives the tab member 160 is individually adjustable. Each head 130 is disposed to fly in data transfer relationship adjacent to a respective rotating disk 108.

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