IP Library Patent Application 12034418
Patent Application
App. No. 12/034,418

MAGNETIC DISC DRIVE

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12/034,418
Abstract

A magnetic disc drive includes a head that is configured to record information in a recording medium or reproduce the information from the recording medium, a housing that houses the recording medium and the head, and a vibration damping mechanism that reduces a vibration of the housing, and includes a weight attached to the housing and a deformation reducer that reduces a deformation of the housing caused by the weight.

Claims (19)

1 . A magnetic disc drive comprising:

a head that is configured to record information in a recording medium or reproduce the information from the recording medium;

a housing that houses the recording medium and the head; and

a vibration damping mechanism that reduces a vibration of the housing, and includes a weight attached to said housing and a deformation reducer that reduces a deformation of said housing caused by the weight.

2 . A magnetic disc drive according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation reducer is a spacer part that is located between the weight and the housing, and reduces an area in which the weight thermally contacts said housing.

3 . A magnetic disc drive according to claim 2 , wherein the spacer part has an air gap or thermal insulator provided between said housing and the weight.

4 . A magnetic disc drive according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation reducer is a heat radiator that enhances a heat radiation of the weight.

5 . A magnetic disc drive according to claim 4 , wherein the heat radiator is a convexoconcave part formed on a surface of the weight.

6 . A magnetic disc drive according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation reducer is elastic adhesive layer provided between said housing and the weight.

7 . A magnetic disc drive according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation reducer is a cut part formed in the weight.

8 . A magnetic disc drive according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation reducer is a fixture member that fixes the weight onto the housing at one spot.

9 . A magnetic disc drive comprising:

a head that is configured to record information in a recording medium or reproduce the information from the recording medium;

a housing that houses the recording medium and the head; and

a vibration damping mechanism that reduces a vibration of the housing, and includes a weight attached to said housing, the weight being made of at least one of resin, a sinter material, and a metal injection molding material containing metal additive.

10 . A magnetic disc drive comprising:

a head that is configured to record information in a recording medium or reproduce the information from the recording medium;

a housing that houses the recording medium and the head; and

a vibration damping mechanism that reduces a vibration of the housing, and includes a weight attached to said housing, the weight being made through die casting or lost-wax casting process that casts a high specific-gravity molten metal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2009
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023565/0179 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2008
From: UEDA, MASANORI; MATSUNAGA, HARUYUKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 020536/0457 →