Disk drive apparatus including a load/unload ramp with different angles for standard and depopulated versions
US6639758B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B21/22
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a depopulation version hard disk drive apparatus that has a reduced number of magnetic heads and suspension arms from a standard hard disk drive apparatus, wherein the magnetic head can still be properly controlled during a loading state. The hard disk drive apparatus includes a ramp which interfaces with the suspension arm when loading and unloading the arm. An angle of a second slope surface 61c of the ramp in the depopulation version hard disk drive is set larger than that of the corresponding slope surface of the ramp 6 the a standard version hard disk drive.
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