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Granted Patent B2
US 11,342,650 · App. 17/197,722 · Granted May 24, 2022

Disk device

Inventors: Jia Liu (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP); Taichi Okano (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP); Kota Tokuda (Fujisawa Kanagawa, JP); Nobuhiro Yamamoto (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
H01Q1/2258G06F3/0676G11B33/022G11B33/122H01Q1/2283
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Patent No.
US 11,342,650
App. No.
17/197,722
Granted
May 24, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing including a sidewall, a magnetic disk, a wireless communication device including a first communication antenna, and a first insulating member. The sidewall includes a first through portion. The first insulating member closes the first through portion. The first communication antenna is located in the first through portion, is disposed spaced from the housing, and wirelessly communicates with an outside of the housing.

Claims (36)

1. A disk device comprising:

a housing comprising a sidewall;

a magnetic disk rotatably disposed in the housing and surrounded by the sidewall in a radial direction;

a wireless communication device comprising a first communication antenna; and

a first insulating member,

wherein

the sidewall comprises a first through portion,

the first insulating member closes the first through portion, and

the first communication antenna is located in the first through portion, is disposed spaced from the housing, and wirelessly communicates with an outside of the housing.

2. The disk device of claim 1 , further comprising

a control board,

wherein

the housing comprises a bottom wall opposed to the magnetic disk in a direction along a central axis of the magnetic disk and including a hole,

the control board is located inside the housing, closes the hole, and extends from a region opposed to the hole to the first through portion,

the first communication antenna is mounted on the control board or formed in the control board, and

the first insulating member closes the first through portion together with the control board.

3. The disk device of claim 1 , wherein

the first through portion is a slit formed in the sidewall, and

the first insulating member enfolds the first communication antenna and is embedded in the slit together with the first communication antenna.

4. The disk device of claim 1 , further comprising

a second insulating member,

wherein

the sidewall comprises a second through portion,

the second insulating member closes the second through portion,

the wireless communication device further comprises a second communication antenna which is located in the second through portion, is disposed spaced from the housing, and wirelessly communicates with the outside of the housing, and

a frequency band of radio waves handled by the first communication antenna and a frequency band of radio waves handled by the second communication antenna are different from each other.

5. The disk device of claim 1 , further comprising

an actuator including a head which records and reproduces information on and from the magnetic disk,

wherein

the actuator is located between the magnetic disk and the first through portion.

6. The disk device of claim 1 , further comprising

a flexible printed circuit on which the first communication antenna is mounted or in which the first communication antenna is formed.

7. The disk device of claim 1 , further comprising

a coaxial cable connected to the first communication antenna.

8. The disk device of claim 1 , wherein

the first communication antenna is supported by the first insulating member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2021
From: LIU, JIA; OKANO, TAICHI; TOKUDA, KOTA; YAMAMOTO, NOBUHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056857/0468 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-129080 · Jul 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220037761A1 · Feb 3, 2022
Cited By (1)
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