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Arrangement structure of the printed circuit board and the interface cable connector of a magnetic disk drive

US6351343B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 10, 1997
Grant dateFeb 26, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/122
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement structure of the printed circuit board and the interface cable connector of a magnetic disk drive for increasing the degree of freedom of the arrangement of a spindle motor, and for minimizing the size of a printed circuit board. An interface cable connector is disposed on the side opposite to the spindle motor, and the printed circuit board is sized so as not to contact with the spindle motor in the height direction. This allows the degree of freedom of the arrangement of the spindle motor to increase. Further, the distance between the interface cable connector and the preamplifier connector on the printed circuit board is short. Thus, the size of the printed circuit board can be made as small as possible.

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