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Head support mechanism, information recording/reproducing apparatus, and method of manufacturing head support mechanism

US6943990B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 1999
Grant dateSep 13, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A head support mechanism includes a head and a slider for carrying the head, the head being caused to track by main driver, wherein the head support mechanism further includes sub-driving device including a thin film and causing the head to have a micro-movement; and the sub-driving device causes the head to have a micro-movement by utilizing flexural deformation of the thin film.

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