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Head assembly, disk drive apparatus, hard disk drive and method for manufacturing disk drive apparatus

US6532137B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 28, 2001
Grant dateMar 11, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/5521
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk drive head assembly enables adjustment of a center of gravity of the head assembly of a depopulation version, while suppressing an occurrence of a resonance frequency affecting the performance of the disk drive apparatus. The head assembly for the data storage media includes: magnetic heads for reading/writing data from/to the data storage media, arms to which the magnetic heads are attached, a pivot shaft holder for supporting the arms, a coil for a voice coil motor extended from the pivot shaft holder, and a counter weight provided at a predetermined position opposite to a coil for the voice coil motor with respect to the pivot shaft holder.

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