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Granted Patent B2
US 10,818,316 · App. 16/353,171 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Actuator assembly of disk device and disk device comprising the same

Inventors: Yousuke Hisakuni (Sagamihara Kanagawa, JP); Kota Tokuda (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP); Nobuhiro Yamamoto (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
G11B5/4813H05K1/028H05K1/181H05K2201/10159
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Patent No.
US 10,818,316
App. No.
16/353,171
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an actuator assembly includes a head actuator including an actuator block having a first surface, a second surface intersecting the first surface, and a first groove provided on the second surface, and a suspension assembly supporting a magnetic head and a wiring board including a plate arranged on the first surface, a flexible printed circuit board provided on the plate, and an IC chip provided on the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the plate comprises a first engaging portion engaging with the first groove.

Claims (21)

1. An actuator assembly comprising:

a head actuator comprising an actuator block having a first surface, a second surface intersecting the first surface, and a first groove provided on the second surface, and a suspension assembly supporting a magnetic head; and

a wiring board comprising a plate arranged on the first surface, a flexible printed circuit board provided on the plate, and an IC chip provided on the flexible printed circuit board,

wherein the plate comprises a first hook engaging with the first groove.

2. The actuator assembly of claim 1 , wherein the actuator block comprises a third surface opposed to the second surface and intersecting the second surface, and a second groove provided on the third surface, and the plate comprises a second hook engaging with the second groove.

3. The actuator assembly of claim 2 , wherein the first hook comprises of a first portion and a second portion apart from the first portion, and the second hook comprises a third portion and a fourth portion apart from the third portion.

4. The actuator assembly of claim 1 , wherein the actuator block comprises a third surface opposed to the second surface and intersecting the first surface, and the wiring board is fixed to the actuator block by a screw on the third surface side of the first surface.

5. The actuator assembly of claim 4 , wherein the first hook comprises a first portion and a second portion apart from the first portion.

6. The actuator assembly of claim 5 , wherein the first groove comprises a first groove portion with which the first portion is engaged and a second groove portion with which the second portion is engaged.

7. A disk device comprising: a disk-shaped recording medium including a recording layer; and the actuator assembly of claim 1 .

8. The disk device of claim 7 , wherein the actuator block comprises a third surface opposed to the second surface and intersecting the first surface, and a second groove provided on the third surface, and the plate comprises a second hook engaging with the second groove.

9. The disk device of claim 8 , wherein the first hook comprises a first portion and a second portion apart from the first portion, and the second hook comprises a third portion and a fourth portion apart from the third portion.

10. The disk device of claim 7 , wherein the actuator block comprises a third surface opposed to the second surface and intersecting the first surface, and the wiring board is fixed to the actuator block by a screw on the third surface side of the first surface.

11. The disk device of claim 10 , wherein the first hook comprises a first portion and a second portion apart from the first portion.

12. The disk device of claim 11 , wherein the first groove comprise a first groove portion with which the first portion is engaged and a second groove portion with which the second portion is engaged.

13. The actuator assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first hook is positioned on a first end portion of the plate, and the first end portion is located on the second surface side of an actuator block.

14. The actuator assembly of claim 13 , wherein the first groove extends in a direction in which the first end portion of the plate extends.

15. The actuator assembly of claim 2 , wherein the second hook is positioned on a second end portion of the plate, and the second end portion is opposite to the first end portion.

16. The actuator assembly of claim 15 , wherein the second groove extends in a direction which the second end portion of the plate extends.

17. The actuator assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first hook comprises a distal portion disposed within the first groove, and a second portion comprising a curved portion of the first hook extending from the distal portion and the first groove.

18. The disk device of claim 7 , wherein the first hook comprises a distal portion disposed within the first groove, and a second portion comprising a curved portion of the first hook extending from the distal portion and the first groove.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2019
From: HISAKUNI, YOUSUKE; TOKUDA, KOTA; YAMAMOTO, NOBUHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050702/0922 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-172403 · Sep 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200090689A1 · Mar 19, 2020
Cited By (2)
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