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Magnetic disk apparatus

US6552878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 2002
Grant dateApr 22, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/5552
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a magnetic head supporting apparatus having a second actuator for fine movement in addition to a first actuator having a voice coil motor for coarse movement, the second actuator is fixed so as to bridge the upper surface of a suspension and the upper surface of a suspension supporting member to support the suspension, and the second actuator is a plate-shaped structure which has two polarization regions separated by a non-polarized region and is formed by laminating piezoelectric flat plates in which the polarizing directions and the directions of electric fields to be applied are thickness directions. Thus, a magnetic disk apparatus which can be driven by a low voltage, a displacement in the vertical direction of the suspension is small, a productivity is high, and a recording density is high can be realized.

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