IP Library Granted Patent US 6,912,105
Granted Patent B1
US 6,912,105 · App. 09/109,132 · Granted Jun 28, 2005

Magnetic disk device with firmly fixed yokes

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Patent No.
US 6,912,105
App. No.
09/109,132
Granted
Jun 28, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention provides a magnetic disk device which firmly fixes the yokes of a rotary actuator between a base and a cover. The yoke can be made compact and the movable range of the rotary actuator can be wide. An attaching screw attaches a first yoke to a base and fixing screws passing through the second yoke and the first yoke from a cover are screwed to the base.

Claims (5)

1. A magnetic disk device having a base, a cover, a rotatable magnetic disk, a rotatable carriage having a magnetic head attached to its end and a rotary actuator for rotating the carriage, the rotary actuator including a coil attached to the carriage, a first yoke having a first magnet attached thereto and positioned adjacent the coil, and a second yoke connected to the first yoke having a second magnet attached thereto and positioned adjacent the coil, the magnetic disk device comprising:

an attaching member for attaching the first yoke to the base; and

a fixing screw to connect the cover, the second yoke and the first yoke to the base, the first and second yoke being positioned between the cover and the base.

2. A magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second yokes is provided with a bent part and the first and second yokes are connected together with the bent part.

3. A magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein the attaching member is an attaching screw.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 040818/0551 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 25, 2012
From: HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V.
To: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 029341/0777 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2003
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 014358/0858 →