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Disk drive system employing effective disk surface stabilization mechanism

US7233554B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 2002
Grant dateJun 19, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0953
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A stabilization part stabilizes surface vibration of a flexible optical disk along a rotation axis direction of the optical disk by means of pressure difference of air flow created according to Bernoulli's law at a portion on which information writing/reading is performed, provided on a side of the optical disk opposite to a side on which information recording/reproducing is performed. In this case, areas are provide on the upstream side and down stream side along the disk rotation direction of the portion of the optical disk which is stabilized by said stabilization part, said areas of the optical disk not having pressure difference created thereon by the air flow.

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