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Granted Patent B2
US 12,205,616 · App. 18/547,621 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Impact resistant magnetic disk device and method for manufacturing impact resistant magnetic disk device

Inventors: Kotaro Kitawaki (Tokyo, JP); Ryohei Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Shinpei Todo (Tokyo, JP); Hideyuki Hatakeyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION; FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
G11B17/038G11B5/82G11B17/0287G11B19/2009G11B25/043
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Patent No.
US 12,205,616
App. No.
18/547,621
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic disk device includes a plurality of disk-shaped magnetic disks, a spacer, a hub, and a clamp. Each of the magnetic disks includes a through-hole in a center section thereof. The spacer is disposed among the magnetic disks, and includes a through-hole in a center section thereof. The hub is inserted into the through-holes of the magnetic disks and the spacers. The clamp presses and holds the magnetic disks and the spacer. At surfaces where the magnetic disks and the spacer or the clamp contact, a flat surface height of an upper surface of at least one magnetic disk that contacts an outer circumference of the spacer or the clamp is lower than a flat surface height of the upper surface of at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts an inner circumference of the spacer or the clamp.

Claims (21)

1. A magnetic disk device comprising:

a plurality of disk-shaped magnetic disks, each including a through-hole in a center section thereof;

a spacer that is disposed among the magnetic disks and that includes a through-hole in a center section thereof;

a hub inserted into the through-holes of the magnetic disks and the spacer; and

a clamp pressing and holding the magnetic disks and the spacer, wherein

at surfaces where the magnetic disks and the spacer or the clamp contact, a flat surface height of an upper surface of at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts an outer circumference of the spacer or the clamp is lower than a flat surface height of the upper surface of the at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts an inner circumference of the spacer or the clamp; and

a first gap formed between the upper surface of the at least one magnetic disk and the spacer or the clamp at said outer circumference of the spacer or the clamp, and a second gap formed between a lower surface of the at least one magnetic disk and the spacer at said inner circumference of the spacer.

2. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the magnetic disks has a thickness of 0.48 mm or less.

3. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the magnetic disks has a thickness of 0.36 mm or less.

4. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein for at least a magnetic disk disposed uppermost of the plurality of magnetic disks, at the surfaces where the magnetic disk and the clamp contact, the flat surface height of the upper surface of the magnetic disk that contacts the outer circumference of the clamp is lower than the flat surface height of the upper surface of the magnetic disk that contacts the inner circumference of the clamp.

5. The magnetic disk device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the magnetic disks has a thickness of 0.48 mm or less.

6. The magnetic disk device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the magnetic disks has a thickness of 0.36 mm or less.

7. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein at the surfaces where the magnetic disks and the spacer or the clamp contact, a difference between the flat surface height of the upper surface of the at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts the outer circumference of the spacer or the clamp and the flat surface height of the upper surface of the at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts the inner circumference of the spacer or the clamp is −3.0 μm or less.

8. The magnetic disk device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the magnetic disks has a thickness of 0.48 mm or less.

9. The magnetic disk device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the magnetic disks has a thickness of 0.36 mm or less.

10. The magnetic disk device according to claim 7 , wherein for at least a magnetic disk disposed uppermost of the plurality of magnetic disks, at the surfaces where the magnetic disk and the clamp contact, the flat surface height of the upper surface of the magnetic disk that contacts the outer circumference of the clamp is lower than the flat surface height of the upper surface of the magnetic disk that contacts the inner circumference of the clamp.

11. The magnetic disk device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the magnetic disks has a thickness of 0.48 mm or less.

12. The magnetic disk device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the magnetic disks has a thickness of 0.36 mm or less.

13. A method for manufacturing a magnetic disk device including a plurality of disk-shaped magnetic disks, each including a through-hole in a center section thereof, a spacer that is disposed among the magnetic disks and that includes a through-hole in a center section thereof, a hub inserted into the through-holes of the magnetic disks and the spacer, and a clamp pressing and holding the magnetic disks and the spacer, the method comprising:

measuring a flat surface height of an upper surface of at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts an outer circumference of the spacer or the clamp, and a flat surface height of the upper surface of the at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts an inner circumference of the spacer or the clamp; and

inserting the magnetic disks on the hub in an arrangement at which the flat surface height of the upper surface of the at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts the outer circumference of the spacer or the clamp is lower than the flat surface height of the upper surface of the at least one magnetic disk of the magnetic disks that contacts the inner circumference of the spacer or the clamp.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2023
From: KITAWAKI, KOTARO; YAMADA, RYOHEI; TODO, SHINPEI; HATAKEYAMA, HIDEYUKI
To: UACJ CORPORATION; FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-035203 · Mar 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240170017A1 · May 23, 2024
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