Stackable actuator assembly having spring retaining system
    1.
    发明授权
    Stackable actuator assembly having spring retaining system 失效
    具有弹簧保持系统的可堆叠致动器组件

    公开(公告)号:US5844754A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-01

    申请号:US511526

    申请日:1995-08-04

    摘要: An actuator assembly includes a first actuator arm and a second actuator arm, each having a first end and a second end, a support member, and a bearing assembly coupled to the arms and the support member, and supporting the arms and support member for rotation about an axis. The bearing assembly has a first portion abutting the first actuator arm and second portion abutting the second actuator arm, with the first and second arms being secured against movement away from each other by the bearing cartridge. Also provided is a retainer for preventing rotation of the first actuator arm about said axis relative to the second arm. The retainer may comprise first and second fasteners provided at opposite sides of the axis. In an alternative embodiment, the retainer comprises a leaf spring having a notch provided therein on the first and second actuator arms, and a fastener member provided on the support member.

    摘要翻译: 致动器组件包括第一致动器臂和第二致动器臂,每个具有第一端和第二端,支撑构件和联接到臂和支撑构件的轴承组件,并且支撑臂和支撑构件用于旋转 关于一个轴。 轴承组件具有邻接第一致动器臂的第一部分和邻接第二致动器臂的第二部分,第一和第二臂通过轴承盒而被抵抗彼此远离的运动。 还设置有用于防止第一致动器臂围绕所述轴线相对于第二臂旋转的保持器。 保持器可以包括设置在轴线的相对侧的第一和第二紧固件。 在替代实施例中,保持器包括在第一和第二致动器臂上设置有切口的板簧,以及设置在支撑构件上的紧固件。

    Pre-assembled voice coil magnetic assembly and rotatable attachment structure/method to base plate for disc drive
    2.
    发明授权
    Pre-assembled voice coil magnetic assembly and rotatable attachment structure/method to base plate for disc drive 失效
    预组装音圈磁性组件和可旋转附件结构/方法用于磁盘驱动器的底板

    公开(公告)号:US06429999B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-06

    申请号:US09285936

    申请日:1999-04-02

    IPC分类号: G11B512

    摘要: A disc drive and method of making a disc drive, including a voice coil magnet assembly. The voice coil magnet assembly includes a top magnetic return plate, a bottom magnetic return plate and at least one pair of magnets affixed to at least one of the plates. The voice coil magnet assembly is pre-assembled prior to attachment to a base plate. The pre-assembled voice coil magnet assembly is then structurally coupled to the base plate at a boss or attachment point, and is done so in a rotatable manner at the boss or attachment point, such that the voice coil of an actuator assembly is sandwiched by the rotation of the pre-assembled unit about the structural attachment point or boss.

    摘要翻译: 一种磁盘驱动器和制造磁盘驱动器的方法,包括音圈磁体组件。 音圈磁体组件包括顶部回磁板,底部回磁板和固定在至少一个板上的至少一对磁体。 音圈磁体组件在连接到基板之前被预先组装。 然后将预组装的音圈磁体组件在凸台或附接点处结构地耦合到基板,并且以可旋转的方式在凸台或附接点处完成,使得致动器组件的音圈被夹在 预组装单元围绕结构连接点或凸台的旋转。

    Spindle motor for a hard disc drive with a combination seal and electrical connector
    3.
    发明授权
    Spindle motor for a hard disc drive with a combination seal and electrical connector 有权
    用于具有组合密封和电连接器的硬盘驱动器的主轴电机

    公开(公告)号:US06429555B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-06

    申请号:US09495077

    申请日:2000-01-31

    IPC分类号: H02K1100

    摘要: Apparatus for sealing the internal spindle motor bearing structure from the surrounding environment in a hard disc memory device. The motor includes a single low-cost part that seals both airflow paths, including both the bearings of the motor and around the wires. This single part acts as the electrical connector for the spindle motor as well as the seal. The invention consists of a single injection molded plastic connector with electrical contact members contained therein. Wires from the internal windings of the spindle motor pass through a hole provided in the connector housing and are terminated to the electrical contact members located within the connector. This hole is in turn sealed with a single drop of adhesive that is cured under the application of ultraviolet light. In a preferred embodiment, the spindle motor housing and connector are designed to form a press fit between the outer diameter of the circularly shaped connector housing and a groove in the motor housing provided for this purpose.

    摘要翻译: 用于将内部主轴电机轴承结构与周围环境密封在硬盘存储装置中的装置。 电机包括一个单一的低成本部件,其密封两个气流路径,包括电动机的轴承和电线周围。 该单个部件用作主轴电机的电连接器以及密封件。 本发明由其中包含电接触构件的单个注模塑料连接器组成。 来自主轴电动机的内部绕组的电线通过设置在连接器壳体中的孔,并且终止于位于连接器内的电接触构件。 该孔依次用紫外线照射下固化的一滴粘合剂密封。 在优选实施例中,主轴电动机壳体和连接器被设计成在圆形形状的连接器壳体的外径和为此目的设置的电动机壳体中的凹槽之间形成压配合。

    Hydrodynamic resistant latch for data transducer assembly and rotating
disk storage device
    4.
    发明授权
    Hydrodynamic resistant latch for data transducer assembly and rotating disk storage device 失效
    用于数据传感器组件和旋转磁盘存储设备的流体动力学阻力闩锁

    公开(公告)号:US6097577A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-01

    申请号:US105389

    申请日:1998-06-26

    IPC分类号: G11B5/54 G11B21/22

    CPC分类号: G11B5/54

    摘要: A disk drive in which a movable latch locks the data transducer assembly to prevent movement due to shock. The movable latch cooperates with an actuator by engaging an actuator extension arm. The movable latch also engages a stationary magnet with one of two latching magnets. The movable latch arm is mounted to a shaft which extends into a sealed casing which incorporates a plunger. The plunger is located in a chamber filled with viscous fluid which is not subject to migration or outgassing from the chamber. The viscous fluid provides resistance to sudden movements of the plunger. Latch release is achieved by application of low continuous force to the actuator arm by a voice coil motor.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘驱动器,其中可移动闩锁锁定数据换能器组件以防止由于冲击而移动。 可动闩锁通过接合致动器延伸臂与致动器协作。 可动闩锁还与两个锁定磁体中的一个接合固定磁体。 可移动的锁定臂安装到延伸到包括柱塞的密封壳体中的轴上。 柱塞位于充满粘性流体的室中,该流体不会从室中迁移或脱气。 粘性流体提供对柱塞的突然移动的抵抗力。 通过音圈电机对致动器臂施加低连续力来实现闩锁释放。

    Actuator pivot bearing with reduced hysteresis
    5.
    发明授权
    Actuator pivot bearing with reduced hysteresis 失效
    执行器枢轴轴承减少滞后

    公开(公告)号:US6113277A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-05

    申请号:US126536

    申请日:1998-07-30

    IPC分类号: F16C25/08 F16C33/60 F16C33/58

    CPC分类号: F16C25/08

    摘要: An improved pivot mechanism for an actuator assembly of a disc drive having an E-block that supports plurality of read/write heads in data reading and writing relationship to an array of spinning data discs. The pivot mechanism has a bearing cartridge that supports the E-block and which pivots about a pivot shaft which supports a pair of ball bearings of the bearing cartridge. Each of the ball bearings contains only three balls that are evenly distributed circumferentially about the pivot shaft. Contact surfaces of the bearing outer race and inner race provide single-point contact between the races and the balls.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于盘驱动器的致动器组件的改进的枢转机构,其具有E数据块,所述E块支持与旋转数据盘阵列的数据读取和写入关系的多个读/写头。 枢轴机构具有支撑E型块的轴承盒,并且其枢转绕支撑轴承盒的一对球轴承的枢轴。 每个滚珠轴承仅包含三个围绕枢轴周向均匀分布的滚珠。 轴承外圈和内圈的接触表面提供滚珠和滚珠之间的单点接触。

    Air damper for disc drive actuator latch mechanism
    6.
    发明授权
    Air damper for disc drive actuator latch mechanism 失效
    用于磁盘驱动器执行器闩锁机构的气动阻尼器

    公开(公告)号:US6040960A

    公开(公告)日:2000-03-21

    申请号:US89677

    申请日:1998-06-03

    IPC分类号: G11B5/54 G11B21/22

    CPC分类号: G11B21/22 G11B5/54

    摘要: A passive actuator latching system in which a magnetic latch mechanism is mounted on an air damping mechanism. The air damping mechanism is optimized to the moving mass of the actuator and the specified mechanical shock tolerance to allow a relatively weak magnetic latch to resist unlatching due to relatively large short-duration mechanical shocks by providing damped compliance to the latching system during the application of mechanical shocks, and attenuating the shock force experienced at the magnetic interface. Various mechanisms for selecting the direction and magnitude of the damping of the compliance are disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 一种无源致动器锁定系统,其中磁性闩锁机构安装在空气阻尼机构上。 空气阻尼机构针对致动器的移动质量和规定的机械冲击耐受性进行了优化,以允许相对较弱的磁性闩锁抵抗由于相对较大的短时间机械冲击而产生的非锁定,通过在应用期间向闭锁系统提供阻尼顺应性 机械冲击,并减弱磁性界面所经历的冲击力。 公开了用于选择柔性的阻尼的方向和大小的各种机构。

    Low noise spin motor for use in disk drive
    7.
    发明授权
    Low noise spin motor for use in disk drive 失效
    用于磁盘驱动器的低噪声旋转电机

    公开(公告)号:US5274288A

    公开(公告)日:1993-12-28

    申请号:US531855

    申请日:1990-06-01

    CPC分类号: G11B19/2009 H02K5/173

    摘要: A low noise spin motor for use in a disk drive includes two bearings having different inside diameters, different outside diameters, and preferably the same size balls. The balls in the larger bearing travel at a faster speed thereby increasing the noise frequencies and resonant frequency as compared to the smaller frequency whereby the noise from the two bearings is not compounded. A small and compact disk drive using the spin motor is described.

    摘要翻译: 用于磁盘驱动器的低噪声旋转电机包括具有不同内径,不同外径,优选相同尺寸球的两个轴承。 较大的轴承中的球以更快的速度行进,从而与较小的频率相比增加了噪声频率和谐振频率,从而来自两个轴承的噪声不复合。 描述了使用旋转马达的小而紧凑的磁盘驱动器。

    Disc clamp for a disc drive
    8.
    发明授权
    Disc clamp for a disc drive 失效
    磁盘驱动器的光盘夹

    公开(公告)号:US06417988B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-07-09

    申请号:US09689472

    申请日:2000-10-12

    IPC分类号: G11B17022

    摘要: An apparatus and method for securing an information storage disc within a disc drive. A disc drive spindle motor assembly including a spindle and a hub portion extending radially outward from the spindle, the hub portion defining a top surface. An information storage disc is mounted on the hub portion, the information storage disc having a top surface. The assembly further includes an annular disc clamp forming a central aperture having a middle annular raised portion, an outer annular periphery portion, and at least one inner centering portion including an inner vertical peripheral surface. The central aperture of the disc clamp is sized to receive the spindle to allow the inner centering portion to center the disc clamp about the spindle, while the outer periphery engages the top surface of the information storage disc, and the middle annular raised portion extends above the top surface of the hub portion and is adapted to receive a downwardly directed force. A disc clamp retainer applying this force is connected to the spindle. The disc clamp retainer is fastened to the spindle and engages the middle annular raised portion of the disc clamp to transmit this force through the outer peripheral portion to the disc.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将信息存储盘固定在盘驱动器内的装置和方法。 一种盘驱动主轴马达组件,其包括主轴和从所述主轴径向向外延伸的毂部,所述毂部限定顶面。 信息存储盘安装在轮毂部分上,信息存储盘具有顶面。 该组件还包括形成具有中间环形凸起部分,外部环形周边部分和至少一个包含内部垂直周边表面的内部定心部分的中心孔的环形盘夹。 盘夹具的中心孔径的大小适于容纳主轴,以允许内定心部分使盘夹具围绕心轴定心,同时外周接合信息存储盘的顶表面,而中间环形凸起部分在上方延伸 毂部分的顶表面并适于接收向下的力。 施加该力的盘夹保持器连接到主轴。 盘夹保持器固定到主轴上并与盘夹的中间环形凸起部分接合,以将该力通过外周部分传递到盘。

    Low-stress disc drive microactuator cradle
    9.
    发明授权
    Low-stress disc drive microactuator cradle 有权
    低应力磁盘驱动微型致动器支架

    公开(公告)号:US06320730B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-11-20

    申请号:US09359109

    申请日:1999-07-22

    IPC分类号: G11B556

    CPC分类号: G11B5/5552

    摘要: A dual-stage actuation assembly for a disc drive includes a movable actuator arm and a load beam connected to the actuator arm. A pad is attached to the load beam, and a hinge extends from the pad. A microactuator cradle is attached to the pad by the hinge, and includes a slider support structure having first and second beams that are bendable in response to control signals and a gimbal attached to the slider support structure for supporting the slider between the first and second beams over a surface of a disc. A first piezoelectric element is coupled to the first beam for bending the first beam in response to control signals in a selected direction, and a second piezoelectric element is coupled to the second beam for bending the second beam in response to the control signals in the selected direction. Bending of the first and second beams causes the microactuator cradle to rotate with respect to the pad about the hinge in a plane generally parallel to the surface of the disc, thereby effecting high resolution displacement of the transducing head carried by the slider.

    摘要翻译: 用于盘驱动器的双级致动组件包括可移动致动器臂和连接到致动器臂的负载梁。 衬垫连接到负载梁上,铰链从衬垫延伸。 微型致动器支架通过铰链附接到垫,并且包括滑块支撑结构,其具有响应于控制信号而可弯曲的第一和第二梁以及附接到滑块支撑结构的万向架,用于在第一和第二梁之间支撑滑块 在盘的表面上。 第一压电元件耦合到第一光束,以响应于所选方向上的控制信号弯曲第一光束,并且第二压电元件耦合到第二光束,以响应于所选择的控制信号弯曲第二光束 方向。 第一和第二光束的弯曲使得微致动器支架在大致平行于盘表面的平面中相对于垫围绕铰链旋转,从而实现由滑块承载的换能头的高分辨率位移。

    In plane, push-pull parallel force microactuator
    10.
    发明授权
    In plane, push-pull parallel force microactuator 失效
    平面推拉平行力微型致动器

    公开(公告)号:US6166890A

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-26

    申请号:US210914

    申请日:1998-12-14

    IPC分类号: G11B5/55 G11B5/60

    CPC分类号: G11B5/5552 G11B5/6005

    摘要: A method and apparatus for providing cross track positioning of a disk drive head relative to a formatted track on a disk platter. A load beam is attached via a living hinge to a cradle. Piezo crystals are mounted on the cradle in plane with the load beam. The crystals are attached to levers formed into a proximal end of the load beam and activated with electric signals from a microactuator control to elongate or contract. Activated simultaneously the crystals exert a push force on one lever and a pull force on the other lever causing the load beam to pivot about the living hinge acting as a fulcrum. The load beam is attached to the cradle via cradle panels located at the distal end portion of the load beam. The cradle panels are preferably perpendicular to the load beam thereby providing low resistance in the cross rack direction and support in the vertical direction.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于提供磁盘驱动器头相对于盘片上的格式化轨迹的交叉轨道定位的方法和装置。 负载梁通过活动铰链连接到支架。 压电晶体与负载梁平行地安装在支架上。 晶体被附接到形成到负载梁的近端的杠杆上,并且由来自微致动器控制器的电信号激活以伸长或收缩。 同时激活晶体在一个杠杆上施加推力并在另一个杠杆上施加拉力,使得负载梁围绕作为支点的活动铰链枢转。 负载梁通过位于负载梁的远端部分的支架面板附接到支架。 支架面板优选地垂直于负载梁,从而在十字架方向上提供低电阻并且在垂直方向上支撑。