Balance tube for a spindle motor assembly of a hard disk drive
    22.
    发明授权
    Balance tube for a spindle motor assembly of a hard disk drive 失效
    平衡管用于主轴电机组合的硬盘驱动器

    公开(公告)号:US06178062B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-23

    申请号:US09118593

    申请日:1998-07-17

    IPC分类号: G11B1708

    摘要: A spindle motor assembly for a hard disk drive which has a fluid filled tube that dynamically balances the spindle motor. The assembly may include a hub which is rotated by an internal motor. A plurality of disks may be coupled to the hub and separated by a number of spacers. In one embodiment, the fluid filled tube is attached to the hub. In another embodiment, the fluid filled tube is attached to the spacer. The fluid within the tube is allowed to move during rotation of the hub. Movement of the fluid may dynamically balance the spindle motor.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于硬盘驱动器的主轴电机组件,其具有动态平衡主轴电动机的流体填充管。 组件可以包括由内部电动机旋转的轮毂。 多个盘可以联接到轮毂并且被多个间隔件隔开。 在一个实施例中,流体填充管附接到毂。 在另一个实施例中,流体填充管附接到间隔件。 在轮毂旋转期间允许管内的流体移动。 流体的运动可以动态平衡主轴电机。

    Method and apparatus for dampening and filtering air flow effects in a hard disk drive
    23.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for dampening and filtering air flow effects in a hard disk drive 失效
    用于润滑和过滤硬盘驱动器中的气流效应的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08194345B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-05

    申请号:US12170339

    申请日:2008-07-09

    IPC分类号: G11B33/14

    CPC分类号: G11B5/6005 G11B33/08

    摘要: A hard disk drive is disclosed including at least one air filter mounted on a shroud wall of the base and at least two disk dampers where at least one disk damper covers a fraction of the maximal covering angle configured with the air filter to optimize both the air filter and disk dampening. Methods of manufacturing the hard disk drive are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种硬盘驱动器,其包括安装在基座的护罩壁上的至少一个空气过滤器和至少两个盘式阻尼器,其中至少一个盘式阻尼器覆盖配置有空气过滤器的最大覆盖角的一部分,以优化两者的空气 过滤器和磁盘润版。 还公开了制造硬盘驱动器的方法。

    Method and apparatus coupling to a slider in a hard disk drive for microactuation

    公开(公告)号:US07965473B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-21

    申请号:US11323778

    申请日:2005-12-30

    IPC分类号: G11B5/56

    摘要: A region of flexure layer, including slider mounting face coupled to offset mounting face for at least one piezoelectric device. The offset mounting face for piezoelectric device provides asymmetry between first contact region and second contact region based upon notch and slot. This is cost effective, reliable support for piezoelectric devices used for micro-actuation in hard disk drives. The slider moves based upon asymmetry of the offset mounting face coupled to the piezoelectric device twisting the slider mounting face. The invention includes flexure containing the region of the flexure layer. The invention includes head gimbal assembly including flexure, actuator arm including head gimbal assembly, and actuator assembly including actuator arm, and hard disk drive including actuator assembly. The invention includes manufacturing the region, the flexure, the head gimbal assembly, the actuator arm, the actuator assembly and the hard disk drive, as well as these products of the manufacturing processes.

    Method and apparatus for disk damper extending across all data tracks of a rotating disk surface upwind of the voice coil actuator in a hard disk drive
    25.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for disk damper extending across all data tracks of a rotating disk surface upwind of the voice coil actuator in a hard disk drive 失效
    磁盘阻尼器的方法和装置延伸到硬盘驱动器中的音圈致动器的上风向旋转盘表面的所有数据轨道上

    公开(公告)号:US07697236B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-13

    申请号:US11357824

    申请日:2006-04-17

    IPC分类号: G11B33/14

    CPC分类号: G11B17/038

    摘要: The invention includes a disk damper containing an extended area located on the upstream side of the head stack assembly. The extended area is joined to a tail section. In the extended area, the disk damper provides a wall near the neighboring rotating disk surface that extends from the outside diameter to the inside diameter of the rotating disk surface. Experimental results have shown that this provides much more consistent dampening of disk vibrations and vibrations of a head stack assembly positioned anywhere from the inside diameter to the outside diameter. The hard disk drive including the disk damper. Using the disk damper in a hard disk drive to improve the reliability of the hard disk drive during track following. Making the hard disk drive using the disk damper, and the hard disk drive as a product of that manufacturing process.

    摘要翻译: 本发明包括一个盘式阻尼器,该盘式阻尼器包含位于头部堆叠组件的上游侧的延伸区域。 延伸区域连接到尾部。 在扩展区域中,盘式减震器在相邻的旋转盘表面附近提供了一个壁,该壁从外径延伸到旋转盘表面的内径。 实验结果表明,这提供了从内径到外径位于任何地方的磁头堆叠组件的盘振动和振动的更一致的衰减。 硬盘驱动器包括磁盘阻尼器。 在硬盘驱动器中使用磁盘风扇,以提高跟踪期间硬盘驱动器的可靠性。 使用磁盘阻尼器和硬盘驱动器作为该制造过程的产物制作硬盘驱动器。

    Method and apparatus to detect sub-micron particles in a hard disk drive with optical pickup
    26.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus to detect sub-micron particles in a hard disk drive with optical pickup 失效
    用光学拾取器检测硬盘驱动器中的亚微米颗粒的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07630167B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-08

    申请号:US10842798

    申请日:2004-05-10

    IPC分类号: G11B33/14 G11B5/00

    CPC分类号: G11B23/505

    摘要: A hard disk drive that includes an optical pick-up coupled to a head of a hard disk assembly (“HDA”). The head is located adjacent to a disk. The optical pick-up can sense the surface of the disk by detecting light reflected from the surface. The optical pick-up is coupled to a particle circuit that can distinguish between an embedded particle and a floating particle from the reflected light.

    摘要翻译: 硬盘驱动器,其包括耦合到硬盘组件(“HDA”)的头部的光学拾取器。 磁头位于磁盘附近。 光学拾取器可以通过检测从表面反射的光来感测盘的表面。 光学拾取器耦合到可以将嵌入的颗粒和浮动颗粒与反射光区分开的粒子电路。

    Method and apparatus of dual stage servo control with dual control paths and decoupling feedback for track following in a hard disk drive
    27.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus of dual stage servo control with dual control paths and decoupling feedback for track following in a hard disk drive 失效
    具有双重控制路径的双级伺服控制方法和装置,以及硬盘驱动器中跟踪跟踪的去耦反馈

    公开(公告)号:US07583468B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-01

    申请号:US11270940

    申请日:2005-11-10

    IPC分类号: G11B5/596

    CPC分类号: G11B5/5552 G11B5/596

    摘要: A magnetic head follows a track in a hard disk drive as positioned by micro-actuator and voice coil motor. Embodiments operate two control paths. The micro-actuator control path generates a version of micro-actuator control signal stimulating the micro-actuator. The voice coil motor control path generates a version of voice coil control signal, amplified based upon tuning gain to stimulate voice coil motor. A decoupling feedback filter decouples these control paths, using the micro-actuator control signal version. Either control path may include a notch filter. A track following command, with PES removed, directs the micro-actuator control. The servo-controller may digitally support the invention, which may include the servo-controller program system. An implementation may be optimized within a hard disk drive, possibly as part of the manufacturing process. The hard disk drive is a product of that process.

    摘要翻译: 磁头跟随由微型致动器和音圈电机定位的硬盘驱动器中的轨道。 实施例操作两个控制路径。 微致动器控制路径产生刺激微致动器的微致动器控制信号的形式。 音圈电机控制路径产生一个版本的音圈控制信号,根据调谐增益放大,以刺激音圈电机。 去耦反馈滤波器使用微执行器控制信号版本解耦这些控制路径。 控制路径可以包括陷波滤波器。 一个跟踪命令,取消了PES,指示微执行器控制。 伺服控制器可以数字支持本发明,其可以包括伺服控制器程序系统。 可以在硬盘驱动器内优化实现,可能是制造过程的一部分。 硬盘驱动器是该进程的产物。

    Method and for wide track erasure in a hard disk drive
    28.
    发明申请
    Method and for wide track erasure in a hard disk drive 审中-公开
    方法和硬盘驱动器中的宽轨迹擦除

    公开(公告)号:US20090210206A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-20

    申请号:US12070141

    申请日:2008-02-15

    IPC分类号: G06G7/50 G06G7/62

    CPC分类号: G06F17/5018 G06F2217/16

    摘要: A method and its implementation as a program system are disclosed herein for generating an air flow report based upon a cellular model of the air flow of a hard disk drive including a parameterized component approximated by a component parameter list and a map of the partitioned regions of the hard disk drive. The air flow report is generated based upon the cellular model and a partition/region map. The partition/region map lumps the simulation domain into a small number of regions and then calculates the fluxes across boundaries of the regions. These fluxes accumulate the results of many individual cells, averaging out small variations caused by rounding and/or the convergence properties of the specific cellular approach used. A simulation figure of merit is calculated from the air flow report that further refines the accuracy, effectively removing even more noise.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种作为程序系统的方法及其实现方式,用于基于硬盘驱动器的空气流的蜂窝模型来生成空气流量报告,所述蜂窝模型包括由部件参数列表近似的参数化部件和分割区域的映射 硬盘驱动器。 空气流量报告基于蜂窝模型和分区/区域图生成。 分区/区域映射将模拟域块聚集成少量区域,然后计算跨区域边界的通量。 这些通量积累了许多单个细胞的结果,平均了由舍入所引起的小变化和/或所使用的特定细胞方法的收敛性质。 从空气流量报告中计算一个模拟品质因数,进一步提高精度,有效消除更多的噪音。

    Head gimbal assemblies for very low flying height heads with optional micro-actuators in a hard disk drive
    29.
    发明授权
    Head gimbal assemblies for very low flying height heads with optional micro-actuators in a hard disk drive 失效
    用于非常低飞行高度头的头万向节组件,在硬盘驱动器中具有可选的微执行器

    公开(公告)号:US07336436B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-26

    申请号:US10903730

    申请日:2004-07-29

    IPC分类号: G11B5/60 G11B21/21

    摘要: Head gimbal assembly (HGA) may include a piezo layer mechanically coupled with the slider or include a piezo element mechanically coupled by the flexure to the slider top near the read-write head. A bridge flex circuit is included, providing a piezo-control bundle to at least one piezo layer lead. A flex circuit assembly may further provide a piezo control bundle, shared with piezo control bundles for multiple read-write heads. HGA may include a micro-actuator to position read-write head near track on accessed, rotating disk surface. Flex circuit assembly may provide a source control bundle, shared with the micro-actuator control bundles for multiple read-write heads. When accessing, all micro-actuators perform same positioning action, insuring proper positioning of read-write head. This applies to both co-located and non co-located micro-actuators. Wire bundles may include one or two active signal wires. Voice coil actuators and hard disk drives, and their manufacture, are included.

    摘要翻译: 头部万向节组件(HGA)可以包括与滑块机械耦合的压电层,或者包括通过挠性机构耦合到读写头附近的滑块顶部的压电元件。 包括桥梁柔性电路,为至少一个压电层引线提供压电控制束。 柔性电路组件还可以提供与用于多个读写头的压电控制束共享的压电控制束。 HGA可以包括微致动器以将读写头靠近所访问的旋转盘表面上的轨迹。 Flex电路组件可以提供与多个读写头的微执行器控制束共享的源控制束。 当访问时,所有微执行器执行相同的定位动作,确保读写头的正确定位。 这适用于同位置和非共定位微致动器。 电线束可以包括一个或两个有源信号线。 包括音圈执行器和硬盘驱动器及其制造。

    Method and apparatus for a D33 mode piezoelectric actuator with a bending motion
    30.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for a D33 mode piezoelectric actuator with a bending motion 失效
    具有弯曲运动的D33模式压电致动器的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07282836B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-16

    申请号:US11298721

    申请日:2005-12-08

    IPC分类号: H01L41/083

    CPC分类号: H01L41/083 H01L41/094

    摘要: The invention includes a D33 mode piezoelectric actuator region, including electrodes of differing length to produce a bending motion. The invention also includes a piezoelectric actuator containing a first piezoelectric actuator region coupled to a second piezoelectric actuator region, which may be separated by the ceramic material. Applying a first potential difference between electrodes generates a first bending of the piezoelectric actuator region. Applying the negative first potential difference generates the complement first bending for the piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric actuator region may be used to radially move a coupled transducer by the first bending. The piezoelectric actuator may be used to radially move a coupled transducer by the first bending and/or its complement. The invention includes the methods of making the piezoelectric actuator region and the piezoelectric actuator, and their products.

    摘要翻译: 本发明包括具有不同长度的电极以产生弯曲运动的D33模式压电致动器区域。 本发明还包括压电致动器,其包含耦合到第二压电致动器区域的第一压电致动器区域,该第二压电致动器区域可被陶瓷材料分隔开。 施加电极之间的第一电位差产生压电致动器区域的第一弯曲。 施加负的第一电位差产生用于压电致动器的互补第一弯曲。 压电致动器区域可以用于通过第一弯曲来径向移动耦合的换能器。 压电致动器可以用于通过第一弯曲和/或其补码件使耦合的换能器径向移动。 本发明包括制造压电致动器区域和压电致动器及其产品的方法。