JP2820395B2 - Magnetic disk drive - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnetic disk drive, and more particularly, to moving a magnetic head provided on a head carriage rotating in a forward / reverse direction about a carriage main axis with respect to a rotating magnetic disk. And a magnetic disk device for writing or reading data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A magnetic disk drive generally includes a magnetic disk rotated by a spindle motor, and a magnetic head for writing or reading data to or from the magnetic disk. And a cover.

[0003] The spindle motor includes a motor spindle mounted on a base plate and a rotating body that rotates about the motor spindle, and the magnetic disk is fixed coaxially to the rotating body. Further, the magnetic head is moved in a substantially radial direction of the magnetic disk by a head carriage rotating around a carriage main shaft implanted on a base plate. The respective ends of the motor spindle and the carriage spindle are connected to each other by a connection member made of an aluminum or iron-based material, so that the rotation center positions of the magnetic disk and the head carriage are secured.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional magnetic disk drive, the vibration of the spindle motor and the head carriage during rotation may be transmitted to the connecting member, and the connecting member may resonate. In this case, since the connecting member is made of an aluminum or iron-based material and hardly absorbs vibration, noise due to resonance increases, or problems such as difficulty in positioning the magnetic head arise.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to reduce as much as possible noise generated by resonance of a connecting member due to vibrations of a spindle motor and a head carriage during rotation.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly reliable magnetic disk drive capable of always accurately positioning a magnetic head.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a magnetic disk drive according to the present invention comprises a spindle motor for rotating a magnetic disk around a motor spindle mounted on a base plate, and a magnetic head at a tip end. With
A magnetic disk drive, comprising: a head carriage that rotates in a forward / reverse direction around a carriage main shaft mounted on the base plate in parallel with the motor main shaft and moves the magnetic head in a substantially radial direction of the magnetic disk. A connecting member is provided for connecting the respective ends of the motor spindle and the carriage spindle to each other, and the connecting member is made of an aluminum-beryllium alloy.

In the magnetic disk drive of the present invention, the connecting member made of an aluminum-beryllium alloy having excellent damping characteristics effectively attenuates the vibration of the spindle motor and the head carriage during rotation, thereby suppressing resonance.
Noise can be reduced and the magnetic head can always be accurately positioned.

Preferably, the connecting member is formed in a plate shape and has a screw insertion hole corresponding to a tip end of each of the motor spindle and the carriage spindle, and a fixing screw inserted from the screw insertion hole is provided. The motor spindle and the carriage spindle are screwed into the respective distal ends to be fixed to the distal ends.

[0009]

The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a magnetic disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention, taken along a motor main shaft and a carriage main shaft. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the magnetic disk device of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a magnetic disk drive 10
Has a housing composed of a base plate 5 and a cover 16. In the housing, a spindle motor 11, a magnetic disk 12, a magnetic head 13, a head carriage 14, and the like are accommodated to form a head disk assembly.

The spindle motor 11 includes a motor main shaft 11a mounted on a base plate 15 and a motor main shaft 11a.
a rotating body 11b that rotates about a. Two magnetic disks 12 made of a non-magnetic metal disk or the like are fixed to the rotating body 11b coaxially with the rotating body 11b. At a position eccentric from the motor main shaft 11a of the base plate 15, a carriage main shaft 18 is implanted in parallel with the motor main shaft 11a. The head carriage 14 rotates (oscillates) in a forward / reverse direction within a certain range around a carriage main shaft 18, and the magnetic head 13 fixed to the tip end portion.
Is moved in a substantially radial direction while facing the recording surface of the magnetic disk 12. The magnetic head 13 is moved in a state where the magnetic head 13 faces the magnetic disk 12.
And writing and reading of data to and from the memory are selectively performed.

The motor main shaft 11a is made of stainless steel (SUS
430), and the carriage main shaft 18 is made of stainless steel (SUS303). As shown in FIG. 2, the motor main shaft 11a and the carriage main shaft 18 which are parallel to each other are connected to each other by a substantially triangular connection plate (connection member) 19, as shown in FIG. Screw holes 11c and 18a are formed at the distal ends of the motor main shaft 11a and the carriage main shaft 18, respectively, and screw insertion holes 19a and 19b are formed in the connection plate 19 corresponding to the screw holes 11c and 18a. .

The connecting plate 19 has a screw insertion hole 19a,
With the screw 19b facing the screw holes 11c and 18a, respectively, the screw holes 11c and 18 are inserted through the screw insertion holes 19a and 19b.
a by the fixing screws 20 and 21 respectively screwed into
It is fixed to the tip of the motor spindle 11a and the carriage spindle 18. The connection plate 19 is age-hardening and is about 30 to
It is made of an aluminum-beryllium alloy which is a low concentration alloy containing 60% beryllium and has excellent damping characteristics.

Therefore, the magnetic disk drive 10 having the above-described configuration
Thus, when data is written to or read from the magnetic disk 12, even when vibration caused by rotation of the spindle motor 11 and vibration caused by rotation (oscillation) of the head carriage 19 are transmitted to the coupling plate 19, excellent damping characteristics are obtained. A connecting plate 19 made of an aluminum-beryllium alloy effectively attenuates vibration and suppresses resonance.
Therefore, the noise caused by the resonance of the connecting member, which has occurred in the conventional magnetic disk drive, is greatly reduced, and the magnetic disk 12
The magnetic head 13 can always be accurately positioned with respect to the recording surface.

As described above, the present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiment. However, the magnetic disk drive of the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, but rather the configuration of the above-described embodiment. Various modifications and alterations of the magnetic disk drive are also included in the scope of the present invention.

[0016]

As described above, according to the magnetic disk drive of the present invention, since the aluminum-beryllium alloy having excellent damping characteristics is used for the connecting member, vibration caused by rotation of the spindle motor and the head carriage can be effectively prevented. In this way, the resonance of the connecting member can be suppressed. Therefore, the noise due to resonance was significantly reduced, the positioning accuracy of the magnetic head was improved, and the reliability of the device was able to be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along a motor spindle and a carriage spindle, showing a magnetic disk drive according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the magnetic disk drive of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 magnetic disk drive 11 spindle motor 11a motor main shaft 11b rotating body 11c, 18a screw hole 12 magnetic disk 13 magnetic head 14 head carriage 15 base plate 18 carriage main shaft 19 connecting plate (connecting member) 19a, 19b screw insertion hole 20, 21 fixing screw

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A spindle motor for rotating a magnetic disk around a motor spindle mounted on a base plate, and a magnetic head at a tip end thereof, and a carriage spindle mounted on the base plate parallel to the motor spindle. And a head carriage that rotates in the forward and reverse directions and moves the magnetic head in a substantially radial direction of the magnetic disk. A connecting member that connects the distal ends of the motor main shaft and the carriage main shaft to each other. Wherein the connecting member is made of an aluminum-beryllium alloy. 2. The connecting member is formed in a plate shape, and has a screw insertion hole corresponding to a tip end of each of the motor spindle and the carriage spindle, and a fixing screw inserted from the screw insertion hole is provided with the fixing screw. 2. The magnetic disk drive according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic disk drive is fixed to the motor spindle and the carriage spindle by being screwed into the respective tips.