IP Library Granted Patent US 6,937,418
Granted Patent B2
US 6,937,418 · App. 10/283,885 · Granted Aug 30, 2005

Magnetic storage device having a head suspension supporting a head slider

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Patent No.
US 6,937,418
App. No.
10/283,885
Granted
Aug 30, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic storage device, includes a head slider that floats having a designated height against a moving magnetic recording medium and has an element for recording, and a head suspension that supports the head slider and is provided at a head arm, wherein the floating height of the head slider can be adjusted, based on a recording frequency, by a deformation element.

Claims (21)

1. A magnetic storage device, comprising:

a head slider that floats having a designated height against a moving magnetic recording medium and has an element for recording; and

a head suspension that supports the head slider and is provided at a head arm,

wherein a deformation element is expanded and contracted by an electric field applied by a pair of electrodes provided at the deformation element, corresponding to a recording frequency, so that the floating height of the head slider can be adjusted.

2. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the deformation element is provided between the head slider and the head suspension.

3. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the deformation element is provided between the head arm and the head suspension.

4. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a control unit configured to control an amount of a deformation of the deformation element.

5. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

a control unit configured to control an amount of a deformation of the deformation element.

6. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:

a control unit configured to control an amount of a deformation of the deformation element.

7. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the control unit is a frequency discrimination circuit.

8. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the control unit is a frequency discrimination circuit.

9. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the control unit is a frequency discrimination circuit.

10. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the control unit includes a filter circuit and a frequency discrimination circuit.

11. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the control unit includes a filter circuit and a frequency discrimination circuit.

12. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the control unit includes a filter Circuit and a frequency discrimination circuit.

13. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the deformation element is selected from a piezoelectric element and an electric strain element.

14. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the deformation element is selected from a piezoelectric element and an electric strain element.

15. The magnetic storage device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the deformation element is selected from a piezoelectric element and an electric strain element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2009
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION
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