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US 8,191,233 · App. 12/727,041 · Granted Jun 5, 2012

Head stack assembly incorporating device, magnetic disk device manufacturing device, and method of manufacturing magnetic disk device

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 8,191,233
App. No.
12/727,041
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a head stack assembly incorporating device connects a head stack assembly to the base of a magnetic disk device by screwing a connector on the bottom surface of the rotational shaft of the head stack assembly and a connector on the base of the magnetic device together. The head stack assembly incorporating device includes a chuck and a driving-force transmitter. The chuck pinches the rotational shaft of the head stack assembly from the upper surface of the head stack assembly to be fixed to the rotational shaft. The chuck is rotatable around the central axis of the rotational shaft. The driving-force transmitter transmits a rotational force to the chuck.

Claims (20)

1. A head stack assembly incorporating device configured to connect a head stack assembly to a base of a magnetic disk device by screwing a connector on a bottom surface of a rotational shaft of the head stack assembly and a connector on the base of the magnetic device together, the head stack assembly incorporating device comprising:

a chuck configured to pinch the rotational shaft of the head stack assembly from an upper surface of the head stack assembly, and to rotate around a central axis of the rotational shaft; and

a driving-force transmitter configured to transmit a rotational force to the chuck.

2. The head stack assembly incorporating device of claim 1 , further comprising a loader configured to change a first angle of the head stack assembly by rotating the head stack assembly around the rotational shaft, wherein

the chuck is configured to receive the head stack assembly from a palette comprising the head stack assembly thereon at a second angle equal to the first angle of the head stack assembly on a ramp of the magnetic disk device in order to hold the head stack assembly by pinching the rotational shaft, and

the loader is configured to change the second angle of the head stack assembly to a third angle in such a manner that the head stack assembly comprises a gap with the ramp of the magnetic disk device when the head stack assembly is mounted on the base of the magnetic disk device.

3. The head stack assembly incorporating device of claim 1 , further comprising a clip comprising:

a head interval holder configured to hold heads of the head stack assembly at a predetermined interval; and

a protrusion configured to release the heads by the head interval holder by attaching a side surface of the ramp when the head stack assembly is loaded on the ramp of the magnetic disk device.

4. The head stack assembly incorporating device of claim 1 , wherein

the driving-force transmitter comprises:

a first gear connected to the chuck; and

a second gear engaged with the first gear and coupled to a rotary motor configured to generate a rotational force; and

the rotational force is transmitted to the chuck via the rotary motor and the second gear.

5. A magnetic disk device manufacturing device comprising an incorporating device configured to connect a head stack assembly to a base of a magnetic device by screwing a connector on a bottom surface of a rotational shaft of the head stack assembly and a connector on the base of the magnetic disk device together, wherein the incorporating device comprises

a chuck configured to pinch the rotational shaft of the head stack assembly from an upper surface of the head stack assembly to be attached to the rotational shaft, and to rotate around a central axis of the rotational shaft, and

a driving-force transmitter configured to transmit a rotational force to the chuck.

6. A method of manufacturing a magnetic disk device comprising incorporating a head stack assembly in order to connect the head stack assembly to a base of a magnetic disk device by screwing a connector on a bottom surface of a rotational shaft of the head stack assembly to a connector on the base of the magnetic device together, wherein the incorporating comprises:

pinching the rotational shaft of the head stack assembly from an upper surface of the head stack assembly in order to attach a chuck to the rotational shaft, the chuck configured to rotate around a central axis of the rotational shaft, and

generating a rotational force in order to rotate the chuck.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 027672/0443 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2010
From: NAIDE, RYOUSUKE; KURUMIZAWA, TAKESHI
To: TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024467/0384 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-068386 · Mar 19, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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