IP Library Granted Patent US 7,196,874
Granted Patent B2
US 7,196,874 · App. 10/625,542 · Granted Mar 27, 2007

Disk device

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,196,874
App. No.
10/625,542
Granted
Mar 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disk device including a frame body having an outer wall, a recording disk located for rotation inside the frame body, a recording and reproducing head, and an actuator for driving the head for recording and reproducing information on and from the disk. The actuator includes a voice coil motor including a pair of yokes opposed to each other with a predetermined distance therebetween, a movable coil wound to be movable between the yokes, and a permanent magnet attached to at least one of the yokes to add a magnetic field to the movable coil, wherein a portion of the outer wall of the frame body includes a first one of the yokes, and the frame body includes an open side opposite a side where the disk is located and an inside portion including screwing margins and screws for attaching the first yoke to the open side.

Claims (14)

1. A disk device comprising:

a frame body having an outer wall;

a recording disk located for rotation inside the frame body; and

a recording and reproducing head; wherein

an actuator for driving the head for recording and reproducing information on and from the disk,

said actuator comprises a voice coil motor comprising a pair of yokes opposed to each other with a predetermined distance therebetween, a movable coil wound to be movable between the yokes, and a permanent magnet attached to at least one of the yokes to add a magnetic field to the movable coil,

a portion of said outer wall of said frame body comprises a first one of said yokes, and

said frame body comprises an open side opposite a side where said disk is located and an inside portion comprising screwing margins and screws for attaching said first yoke to said open side.

2. A disk device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said first yoke comprises concave portions for embedding therein head portions of the screws.

3. A disk device as set forth in claim 2 , further comprising electronic components, wherein said embedded head portions of the screws do not extend beyond a surface of said first yoke, and said electronic components are located adjacent said surface of said first yoke.

4. A disk device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a sheet comprising an adhesive portion and having a hole therein, wherein:

a part of the first yoke is located in the hole, and

a gap is located between the frame body and a rim of the yoke, said gap being in the outer wall of the frame body, and shielded by said sheet.

5. A disk device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a first part of said first yoke has a first thickness except at a second part corresponding to a central portion of the permanent magnet which has a second thickness, the first thickness being thinner than the second thickness, and said disk device further comprises electronic components located adjacent said first part.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PHC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032785/0498 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2014
From: PHC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032785/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2014
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032480/0433 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032360/0795 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 25, 2014
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032332/0082 →