IP Library Patent Application 12483848
Patent Application
App. No. 12/483,848

ALIGNING DEVICE, ALIGNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT

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App. No.
12/483,848
Abstract

An aligning device includes a recognizing unit and a determining unit. The recognizing unit recognizes an intersection formed by two straight lines not parallel to each other among a plurality of straight lines of a register mark. The determining unit determines a position based on the recognized intersection. The register mark is used when an FPC terminal and a head terminal are superposed and connected. The FPC terminal is a wiring pattern formed on an FPC in a magnetic disk device. The head terminal is one of wiring patterns that are connected to a magnetic head in the magnetic disk device and is located in a portion that is superposed with the FPC terminal. The determining unit determines a position on the FPC where the head terminal is superposed.

Claims (15)

1 . An aligning device comprising:

a recognizing unit that recognizes an intersection formed by two straight lines not parallel to each other among a plurality of straight lines included in a register mark; and

a determining unit that determines a position based on the intersection recognized by the recognizing unit.

2 . The aligning device according to claim 1 , wherein

the register mark is used when a flexible printed circuit terminal and a head terminal are superposed and connected, the flexible printed circuit terminal being a wiring pattern formed on a flexible printed circuit in a storage device, and the head terminal being one of wiring patterns that are connected to a head in the storage device and being located in a portion that is superposed with the flexible printed circuit terminal, and

the determining unit determines a position on the flexible printed circuit where the head terminal is superposed.

3 . An aligning method comprising:

recognizing an intersection formed by two straight lines not parallel to each other among a plurality of straight lines included in a register mark; and

determining a position based on the intersection recognized by the recognizing unit.

4 . A computer readable storage medium comprising code that, when executed, causes a computer to perform:

recognizing an intersection formed by two straight lines not parallel to each other among a plurality of straight lines included in a register mark; and

determining a position based on the intersection recognized by the recognizing unit.

5 . A method of fabricating a storage device, the method comprising:

recognizing an intersection formed by two straight lines not parallel to each other among a plurality of straight lines included in a register mark used when a flexible printed circuit terminal and a head terminal are superposed and connected, the flexible printed circuit terminal being a wiring pattern formed on a flexible printed circuit in the storage device, and the head terminal being one of wiring patterns that are connected to a head in the storage device and being located in a portion that is superposed with the flexible printed circuit terminal; and

determining a position on the flexible printed circuit where the head terminal is superposed based on the intersection recognized at the recognizing.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2009
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023558/0225 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE NAME OF INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 022860 FRAME 0640. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT TO ASSIGNEE. Recorded Jul 10, 2009
From: HOFFMANN, JOHN R.; HOLENSTEIN, PAUL J.; STRICKLER, GARY E.; HOLENSTEIN, BRUCE D.
To: GRAVIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 022983/0603 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2009
From: IZUMI, MITSUHIRO
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022821/0193 →