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Hard disc device

US7251088B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 2005
Grant dateJul 31, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/0318
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable hard disc device which is read by a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, including: a disc for recording and/or reproducing; a head slider for recording and/or reproducing the disc; an arm mechanism for moving the head slider to a predetermined position; a voice coil motor type coil for driving the arm mechanism by being driven by an external magnetic field generated by magnets provided in the recording and/or reproducing apparatus and a current supplied from a power circuit; a spindle for rotating the disc after the disc is fixed; and a power circuit for supplying a current to the voice coil motor type coil.

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