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Disk drive with unbalance correcting mechanism

US6477133B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2000
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/0284
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk drive is realized, which omits running-in for stabilizing a change in a correcting function produced by sliding between balls and a rolling groove in an unbalance correcting mechanism, and prevents immobility and straying of balls, and which comprises a unit mechanism assembled by using 12 balls subjected to surface treatment with heptadecafluorodecyltrimethoxysilane and a turntable plated with a chemical nickel plating containing phosphorus and boron to have a thickness of 5 &mgr;m and by injecting 1 microliter of ester oil into the rolling groove, and further comprises a recess formed in a sidewall of the rolling groove of the unbalance correcting mechanism to prolong the service life of the correcting function.

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