IP Library Patent Application 12409130
Patent Application
App. No. 12/409,130

SPINDLE SYSTEM, ELECTROMAGNETIC CONVERSION PROPERTY EVALUATING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE

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App. No.
12/409,130
Abstract

A spindle system includes: a spindle motor section controlled to rotate at a predetermined speed; and a clamp base section disposed at an upper part of the spindle motor section and having screw holes that are formed in a side surface of the clamp base section and extend in a radial direction. The spindle system further includes: screws respectively inserted into the screw holes and changing a center of gravity of the clamp base section; a clamp fixing section that fixes the spindle motor section and the clamp base section; and an elastic member disposed between the clamp base section and the clamp fixing section, and contacted by and pressed against the screws.

Claims (31)

1 . A spindle system comprising:

a spindle motor section controlled to rotate at a predetermined speed;

a clamp base section disposed at an upper part of the spindle motor section and having a plurality of screw holes that are formed in a side surface of the clamp base section and extend in a radial direction;

a plurality of screws respectively inserted into the screw holes and changing a center of gravity of the clamp base section;

a clamp fixing section that fixes the spindle motor section and the clamp base section; and

an elastic member disposed between the clamp base section and the clamp fixing section, and contacted by and pressed against the screws.

2 . The spindle system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the screws includes a tap portion and a shaft portion with a diameter smaller than a diameter of the tap portion.

3 . The spindle system according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is a circular flat spring.

4 . An electromagnetic conversion property evaluating apparatus comprising:

a spindle system comprising:

a spindle motor section controlled to rotate at a predetermined speed,

a clamp base section disposed at an upper part of the spindle motor section and having a plurality of screw holes that are formed in a side surface of the clamp base section and extend in a radial direction,

a plurality of screws respectively inserted into the screw holes and changing a center of gravity of the clamp base section,

a clamp fixing section that fixes the spindle motor section and the clamp base section, and

an elastic member disposed between the clamp base section and the clamp fixing section, and contacted by and pressed against the screws;

a storage medium restrained by the spindle system; and

an analyzer that analyzes an electromagnetic conversion property of a magnetic head that includes a reproducing element for reproducing information from the storage medium and a recording element for recording information into the storage medium.

5 . The electromagnetic conversion property evaluating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein each of the screws includes a tap portion and a shaft portion with a diameter smaller than a diameter of the tap portion.

6 . The electromagnetic conversion property evaluating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the elastic member is a circular flat spring.

7 . An information storage device comprising:

a spindle system comprising:

a spindle motor section controlled to rotate at a predetermined speed,

a clamp base section disposed at an upper part of the spindle motor section and having a plurality of screw holes that are formed in a side surface of the clamp base section and extend in a radial direction,

a plurality of screws respectively inserted into the screw holes and changing a center of gravity of the clamp base section,

a clamp fixing section that fixes the spindle motor section and the clamp base section, and

an elastic member disposed between the clamp base section and the clamp fixing section, and contacted by and pressed against the screws;

a storage medium restrained by the spindle system;

a magnetic head that includes a reproducing element for reproducing information from the storage medium and a recording element for recording information into the storage medium; and

a signal processing board used for processing a reproduction signal that represents information reproduced from the storage medium by the magnetic head and a recording signal that represents information recorded into the storage medium by the magnetic head.

8 . The information storage device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the screws includes a tap portion and a shaft portion with a diameter smaller than a diameter of the tap portion.

9 . The information storage device according to claim 7 , wherein the elastic member is a circular flat spring.

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 Mar 23, 2009
From: KAWATA, YOSHINOBU
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022435/0649 →