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- HDD Hard disk drives
- HDDs are widely used in many devices today. HDDs often require a high level of impact resistance such that they do not break when dropped. If a hard disk drive is dropped and the disks within the drive physically break or become deformed, the hard disk drive may be rendered useless.
- FIG. 1 shows an example hard disk drive, in accordance with one embodiment.
- FIG. 2A is an example diagram of a ramp assembly, in accordance with one embodiment.
- FIG. 2B is an example diagram of a ramp assembly, in accordance with one embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is an example diagram of a portion of a hard disk drive, in accordance with one embodiment
- FIG. 4 is an example diagram of a ramp assembly, in accordance with one embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is example flowchart for reducing abrasion debris generated by a magnetic disk contacting a ramp in a hard disk drive, in accordance with embodiments.
- FIG. 1 a schematic drawing of one embodiment of an information storage system including a magnetic hard disk drive (HDD) 110 for a computer system is shown, although only one head and one disk surface combination are shown. What is described herein for one head-disk combination is also applicable to multiple head-disk combinations. In other words, the present technology is independent of the number of head-disk combinations.
- HDD hard disk drive
- HDD 110 has an outer housing 113 usually including a base portion (shown) and a top or cover (not shown).
- housing 113 contains a disk pack having at least one media or magnetic disk 138 .
- the disk pack (as represented by disk 138 ) defines an axis of rotation and a radial direction relative to the axis in which the disk pack is rotatable.
- the magnetic disk 138 is comprised of aluminum.
- the magnetic disk is comprised of glass.
- a spindle motor assembly having a central drive hub 130 operates as the axis and rotates the disk 138 or disks of the disk pack in the radial direction relative to housing 113 .
- An actuator assembly 140 includes one or more actuator arms 145 . When a number of actuator arms 145 are present, they are usually represented in the form of a comb that is movably or pivotally mounted to base/housing 113 .
- a controller 150 is also mounted to the base of housing 113 for selectively moving the actuator arms 145 relative to the disk 138 .
- Actuator assembly 140 may be coupled with a connector assembly, such as a flex cable to convey data between arm electronics and a host system, such as a computer, wherein HDD 110 resides.
- each actuator arm 145 has extending from it at least one cantilevered integrated lead suspension (ILS) 160 .
- the ILS 160 may be any form of lead suspension that can be used in a data access storage device.
- the level of integration containing the slider 170 , ILS 160 , and read/write head 310 is called the Head Gimbal Assembly (HGA).
- the ILS 160 has a spring-like quality, which biases or presses the air-bearing surface of slider 170 against disk 138 to cause slider 170 to fly at a precise distance from disk 138 .
- ILS 160 has a hinge area that provides for the spring-like quality, and a flexing cable-type interconnect that supports read and write traces and electrical connections through the hinge area. Movement of the actuator assembly 140 by controller 150 causes the head gimbal assembly to move along radial arcs across tracks on the surface of disk 138 .
- Ramp assembly 180 supports ILS 160 . Actuator arms 145 retract from over the magnetic disk 138 such that ILS 160 rests on ramp assembly 180 . Ramp assembly 180 allows ILS 160 to move onto, and retract from over magnetic disk 138 .
- the ILS 160 and head 310 are loaded by moving the sliders 170 off the ramp assembly 180 and over the disk 138 surface when the disk 138 reaches an appropriate rotational speed.
- an air current from the rotating disks 138 acts like a cushion between the sliders 170 and the disks 138 , keeping the two surfaces separated by a designated distance called the flying height.
- Static friction also known as stiction, is lessened by parking the head 310 off the disk 138 surface.
- smoother disk 138 surfaces are facilitated by parking head 310 off the disk 138 surface. Smoother disk surfaces allow for closer head 310 fly heights, and contribute to improved signal to noise ratio during read and write operations.
- giant magnetoresistive heads 310 may be employed to increase track and bit densities on recording media.
- the ramp assembly 180 comprises the slider 170 , ramp 230 and a flange 210 .
- magnetic disk 138 may push on the ramp 230 and create abrasion debris.
- abrasion debris can accumulate in a HDD 110 such as on a magnetic head 310 thereby making magnetic disk 138 more difficult to read.
- Previous solutions to address the problem of the accumulation of abrasion debris include widening the gap between magnetic disk 138 and ramp 230 to prevent contact between magnetic disk 138 and ramp 230 .
- a drawback to this technique is that it increases the space required by the ramp assembly 180 within the HDD 110 .
- the stiffness of the magnetic disk 138 is increased such that magnetic disk 138 will not deform.
- a drawback to this technique is that as the thickness of disk 138 is increased, and again more space is required.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B show embodiments of ramp assembly 180 from a top perspective and a bottom perspective, respectively.
- the embodiments shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B address the problem of abrasion debris without increasing the size of ramp assembly 180 or utilizing thicker disks 138 .
- ramp assembly 180 comprises slider 170 , ramp 230 , flange 210 , slit 220 , and a hole 240 for mounting flange 210 on the base of the housing 113 .
- ramp assembly 180 also includes at least one stopper 250 .
- ramp assembly 180 is comprised of a resin material that has a high level of mechanical strength, which inhibits the creation of abrasion debris.
- a slit 220 is disposed between ramp 230 and flange 210 .
- slit 220 is a cutout of the material between ramp 230 and flange 210 .
- the length of slit 220 correlates with, or controls, the stiffness of ramp 230 .
- ramp 230 will be stiffer than if slit 220 is longer. In other words, as the contact area between the ramp 230 and the flange 210 decreases (e.g., as the length of slit 220 increases), the flexibility of ramp 230 increases. Conversely, as the contact area between the ramp 230 and the flange 210 increases (e.g., as the length of slit 220 decreases), the flexibility of ramp 230 decreases. As discussed herein, a ramp assembly 180 without a slit 220 between flange 210 and ramp 180 does not provide the ramp 230 with the flexibility as described in the instant disclosure.
- a flexible ramp 230 is desired to prevent abrasion debris due to contact with magnetic disk 138 .
- abrasion debris is reduced by reducing the force with which disk 138 contacts ramp 230 .
- the magnetic head 310 (as shown in FIG. 3 ) on the ILS 160 breaks the magnetic disk 138 .
- the stiffness of ramp body 230 is reduced, the ability to control deformation of magnetic disk 138 is decreased.
- the risk of the magnetic head 310 , ILS 160 , or actuator arm 145 contacting and damaging magnetic disk 138 is increased when magnetic disk 138 is deformed.
- Stiffer ramps 230 are an effective way to prevent this risk because stiffer ramps 230 decrease disk 138 deformation and prevent contact between the magnetic disk 138 and the ILS 160 , head 310 , and/or actuator arm 145 .
- the stiffness of the ramp 230 is lowered by disposing a slit 220 between flange 210 and ramp 230 ; and (2) disposing at least one stopper 250 above, below, or above and below the slit 220 such that when the flexible ramp 230 is pushed the flange 210 and stopper 250 come into contact creating a stiffer ramp 230 .
- FIG. 4 shows an example of a stopper 250 protruding from ramp body 230 above the slit 220 .
- the ramp 230 can move up or down in a vertical plane (in comparison to the horizontal plane that the base of the HDD housing 113 lies upon) with a particular flexibility before ramp 230 hits a stopper 250 .
- ramp 230 stiffness increases accordingly and deformation of magnetic disk 138 can be controlled.
- the front end of the flange 260 is the end of flange 210 that is perpendicular to the base of housing 113 , that when installed in HDD 110 faces the magnetic disk 138 (as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B ).
- a back end of the flange 280 is located on an opposite side of the flange 210 from the front end of the flange 260 .
- ramp 230 stiffness may be controlled by the position of stoppers 250 . For example, if stopper 250 is 1 millimeter from the front end of the flange 260 , there will be less stiffness than if stopper 250 is 3 millimeters from the front end of the flange 260 . This is because a stopper 250 that is 3 millimeters from the front end of the flange 260 requires less movement by ramp 230 to contact flange 210 than if the stopper 250 was located 1 millimeter from the front end of the flange 260 .
- stoppers 250 are disposed above and below slit 220 at different distances from the front end of the flange 260 . In one embodiment, stoppers 250 are the same distance from the front end of the flange 260 . In one embodiment, the distance between slit 220 and a stopper 250 above slit 220 is different than the distance between slit 220 and a stopper below slit 220 . In one embodiment the distance between the slit 220 and the stopper 250 or stoppers 250 is narrower than the gap between a magnetic disk 138 and a head 310 , ILS 160 , or actuator arm 145 .
- only one stopper 250 is used. In an embodiment where there is only one stopper 250 below the flange 210 , slider 170 controls deformation of the magnetic disk 138 if the ramp 230 were to move down in relation to the flange 210 . In an embodiment where there is only one stopper 250 above the flange 210 , slider 170 controls deformation of the magnetic disk 138 if the ramp 230 were to move up in relation to the flange 210 .
- FIG. 5 illustrates example procedures used by various embodiments. Although specific procedures are disclosed in flow diagram 500 , such procedures are examples. That is, embodiments are well suited to performing various other procedures or variations of the procedures recited in flow diagram 500 . Likewise, in some embodiments, the procedures in flow diagram 500 may be performed in an order different than presented and/or not all of the procedures described may be performed, and/or one or more additional operations may be added.
- FIG. 5 is a flow diagram 500 of an example method of manufacturing a hard disk drive, in accordance with one embodiment.
- a slit 220 is disposed between a flange 210 and a ramp body 230 .
- Slit 220 allows the ramp 230 to be flexible. The longer the slit 220 is, the more flexible the ramp 230 is.
- a stopper 250 is disposed on the ramp body 230 .
- the stopper 250 prevents the ramp 230 from being too flexible by coming into contact with the flange 210 .
- a second stopper 250 is disposed above the ramp body 230 above the slit 220 .
- stoppers 250 are disposed on both sides of the slit 220 , an HDD 1110 may be dropped on its cover or on its base and a stopper 250 will assist with preventing the ramp 230 from not being stiff enough.
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- Hard disk drives (HDD) are widely used in many devices today. HDDs often require a high level of impact resistance such that they do not break when dropped. If a hard disk drive is dropped and the disks within the drive physically break or become deformed, the hard disk drive may be rendered useless.
- The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form a part of this specification, illustrate and serve to explain the principles of embodiments in conjunction with the description. Unless specifically noted, the drawings referred to in this description should be understood as not being drawn to scale.
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FIG. 1 shows an example hard disk drive, in accordance with one embodiment. -
FIG. 2A is an example diagram of a ramp assembly, in accordance with one embodiment. -
FIG. 2B is an example diagram of a ramp assembly, in accordance with one embodiment. -
FIG. 3 is an example diagram of a portion of a hard disk drive, in accordance with one embodiment -
FIG. 4 is an example diagram of a ramp assembly, in accordance with one embodiment. -
FIG. 5 is example flowchart for reducing abrasion debris generated by a magnetic disk contacting a ramp in a hard disk drive, in accordance with embodiments. - Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the subject matter will be described in conjunction with these embodiments, it will be understood that they are not intended to limit the subject matter to these embodiments. On the contrary, the present technology is intended to cover alternatives, modifications and equivalents, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the various embodiments as defined by the claims. Furthermore, in the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the subject matter. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, and objects have not been described in detail as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the subject matter.
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FIG. 1 , a schematic drawing of one embodiment of an information storage system including a magnetic hard disk drive (HDD) 110 for a computer system is shown, although only one head and one disk surface combination are shown. What is described herein for one head-disk combination is also applicable to multiple head-disk combinations. In other words, the present technology is independent of the number of head-disk combinations. - In general, HDD 110 has an
outer housing 113 usually including a base portion (shown) and a top or cover (not shown). In one embodiment,housing 113 contains a disk pack having at least one media ormagnetic disk 138. The disk pack (as represented by disk 138) defines an axis of rotation and a radial direction relative to the axis in which the disk pack is rotatable. In one embodiment, themagnetic disk 138 is comprised of aluminum. In one embodiment, the magnetic disk is comprised of glass. - A spindle motor assembly having a
central drive hub 130 operates as the axis and rotates thedisk 138 or disks of the disk pack in the radial direction relative tohousing 113. Anactuator assembly 140 includes one or moreactuator arms 145. When a number ofactuator arms 145 are present, they are usually represented in the form of a comb that is movably or pivotally mounted to base/housing 113. Acontroller 150 is also mounted to the base ofhousing 113 for selectively moving theactuator arms 145 relative to thedisk 138.Actuator assembly 140 may be coupled with a connector assembly, such as a flex cable to convey data between arm electronics and a host system, such as a computer, wherein HDD 110 resides. - In one embodiment, each
actuator arm 145 has extending from it at least one cantilevered integrated lead suspension (ILS) 160. The ILS 160 may be any form of lead suspension that can be used in a data access storage device. The level of integration containing theslider 170, ILS 160, and read/writehead 310 is called the Head Gimbal Assembly (HGA). - In an embodiment, the ILS 160 has a spring-like quality, which biases or presses the air-bearing surface of
slider 170 againstdisk 138 to causeslider 170 to fly at a precise distance fromdisk 138. ILS 160 has a hinge area that provides for the spring-like quality, and a flexing cable-type interconnect that supports read and write traces and electrical connections through the hinge area. Movement of theactuator assembly 140 bycontroller 150 causes the head gimbal assembly to move along radial arcs across tracks on the surface ofdisk 138. -
Ramp assembly 180 supports ILS 160.Actuator arms 145 retract from over themagnetic disk 138 such thatILS 160 rests onramp assembly 180.Ramp assembly 180 allows ILS 160 to move onto, and retract from overmagnetic disk 138. During a power-on sequence, theILS 160 andhead 310 are loaded by moving thesliders 170 off theramp assembly 180 and over thedisk 138 surface when thedisk 138 reaches an appropriate rotational speed. In an embodiment, an air current from the rotatingdisks 138 acts like a cushion between thesliders 170 and thedisks 138, keeping the two surfaces separated by a designated distance called the flying height. Static friction, also known as stiction, is lessened by parking thehead 310 off thedisk 138 surface. Moreover,smoother disk 138 surfaces are facilitated byparking head 310 off thedisk 138 surface. Smoother disk surfaces allow forcloser head 310 fly heights, and contribute to improved signal to noise ratio during read and write operations. In addition, giantmagnetoresistive heads 310 may be employed to increase track and bit densities on recording media. - The
ramp assembly 180 comprises theslider 170,ramp 230 and aflange 210. For instance, if amagnetic disk 138 is deformed or the HDD is dropped,magnetic disk 138 may push on theramp 230 and create abrasion debris. In some cases, abrasion debris can accumulate in aHDD 110 such as on amagnetic head 310 thereby makingmagnetic disk 138 more difficult to read. - Previous solutions to address the problem of the accumulation of abrasion debris include widening the gap between
magnetic disk 138 andramp 230 to prevent contact betweenmagnetic disk 138 andramp 230. A drawback to this technique is that it increases the space required by theramp assembly 180 within theHDD 110. In another solution to the problem of abrasion debris, the stiffness of themagnetic disk 138 is increased such thatmagnetic disk 138 will not deform. A drawback to this technique is that as the thickness ofdisk 138 is increased, and again more space is required. -
FIGS. 2A and 2B show embodiments oframp assembly 180 from a top perspective and a bottom perspective, respectively. The embodiments shown inFIGS. 2A and 2B address the problem of abrasion debris without increasing the size oframp assembly 180 or utilizingthicker disks 138. As briefly discussed above,ramp assembly 180 comprisesslider 170,ramp 230,flange 210,slit 220, and ahole 240 for mountingflange 210 on the base of thehousing 113. In oneembodiment ramp assembly 180 also includes at least onestopper 250. In oneembodiment ramp assembly 180 is comprised of a resin material that has a high level of mechanical strength, which inhibits the creation of abrasion debris. - In order to lessen the abrasion debris due to contact between
magnetic disk 138 andramp 230, in various embodiments described herein, the force with whichmagnetic disk 138 andramp 230 come into contact can be reduced over previous solutions. A reduction in ramp stiffness is an effective way to reduce the contact force over previous solutions. In one embodiment, to decrease ramp stiffness, aslit 220 is disposed betweenramp 230 andflange 210. In other words, slit 220 is a cutout of the material betweenramp 230 andflange 210. The length ofslit 220 correlates with, or controls, the stiffness oframp 230. Ifslit 220 is short relative to the length oframp 230,ramp 230 will be stiffer than ifslit 220 is longer. In other words, as the contact area between theramp 230 and theflange 210 decreases (e.g., as the length ofslit 220 increases), the flexibility oframp 230 increases. Conversely, as the contact area between theramp 230 and theflange 210 increases (e.g., as the length ofslit 220 decreases), the flexibility oframp 230 decreases. As discussed herein, aramp assembly 180 without aslit 220 betweenflange 210 andramp 180 does not provide theramp 230 with the flexibility as described in the instant disclosure. - A
flexible ramp 230 is desired to prevent abrasion debris due to contact withmagnetic disk 138. In an embodiment, abrasion debris is reduced by reducing the force with whichdisk 138contacts ramp 230. However, there are cases where the magnetic head 310 (as shown inFIG. 3 ) on theILS 160 breaks themagnetic disk 138. For instance, as the stiffness oframp body 230 is reduced, the ability to control deformation ofmagnetic disk 138 is decreased. The risk of themagnetic head 310,ILS 160, oractuator arm 145 contacting and damagingmagnetic disk 138 is increased whenmagnetic disk 138 is deformed. Stiffer ramps 230 are an effective way to prevent this risk becausestiffer ramps 230decrease disk 138 deformation and prevent contact between themagnetic disk 138 and theILS 160,head 310, and/oractuator arm 145. - In one embodiment, in order to allow
ramp assembly 180 to be flexible without allowingdisk 138 to contact theILS 160,head 310, and/or actuator arm 145: (1) the stiffness of theramp 230 is lowered by disposing aslit 220 betweenflange 210 andramp 230; and (2) disposing at least onestopper 250 above, below, or above and below theslit 220 such that when theflexible ramp 230 is pushed theflange 210 andstopper 250 come into contact creating astiffer ramp 230. -
FIG. 4 shows an example of astopper 250 protruding fromramp body 230 above theslit 220. Withstoppers 250 above and belowflange 210, theramp 230 can move up or down in a vertical plane (in comparison to the horizontal plane that the base of theHDD housing 113 lies upon) with a particular flexibility beforeramp 230 hits astopper 250. After hitting astopper 250, ramp 230 stiffness increases accordingly and deformation ofmagnetic disk 138 can be controlled. - For the purposes of this discussion, the front end of the
flange 260 is the end offlange 210 that is perpendicular to the base ofhousing 113, that when installed inHDD 110 faces the magnetic disk 138 (as shown inFIGS. 2A and 2B ). Correspondingly, a back end of theflange 280 is located on an opposite side of theflange 210 from the front end of theflange 260. - In some embodiments, ramp 230 stiffness may be controlled by the position of
stoppers 250. For example, ifstopper 250 is 1 millimeter from the front end of theflange 260, there will be less stiffness than ifstopper 250 is 3 millimeters from the front end of theflange 260. This is because astopper 250 that is 3 millimeters from the front end of theflange 260 requires less movement byramp 230 to contactflange 210 than if thestopper 250 was located 1 millimeter from the front end of theflange 260. - In one embodiment,
stoppers 250 are disposed above and belowslit 220 at different distances from the front end of theflange 260. In one embodiment,stoppers 250 are the same distance from the front end of theflange 260. In one embodiment, the distance betweenslit 220 and astopper 250 aboveslit 220 is different than the distance betweenslit 220 and a stopper belowslit 220. In one embodiment the distance between theslit 220 and thestopper 250 orstoppers 250 is narrower than the gap between amagnetic disk 138 and ahead 310,ILS 160, oractuator arm 145. - In some embodiments only one
stopper 250 is used. In an embodiment where there is only onestopper 250 below theflange 210,slider 170 controls deformation of themagnetic disk 138 if theramp 230 were to move down in relation to theflange 210. In an embodiment where there is only onestopper 250 above theflange 210,slider 170 controls deformation of themagnetic disk 138 if theramp 230 were to move up in relation to theflange 210. - The following discussion sets forth in detail an example method of manufacturing a hard disk drive with a
flexible ramp assembly 180.FIG. 5 illustrates example procedures used by various embodiments. Although specific procedures are disclosed in flow diagram 500, such procedures are examples. That is, embodiments are well suited to performing various other procedures or variations of the procedures recited in flow diagram 500. Likewise, in some embodiments, the procedures in flow diagram 500 may be performed in an order different than presented and/or not all of the procedures described may be performed, and/or one or more additional operations may be added. -
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram 500 of an example method of manufacturing a hard disk drive, in accordance with one embodiment. - In
operation 510, in one embodiment, aslit 220 is disposed between aflange 210 and aramp body 230.Slit 220 allows theramp 230 to be flexible. The longer theslit 220 is, the more flexible theramp 230 is. - In
operation 520, in one embodiment, astopper 250 is disposed on theramp body 230. Thestopper 250 prevents theramp 230 from being too flexible by coming into contact with theflange 210. - In
operation 530, asecond stopper 250 is disposed above theramp body 230 above theslit 220. Whenstoppers 250 are disposed on both sides of theslit 220, an HDD 1110 may be dropped on its cover or on its base and astopper 250 will assist with preventing theramp 230 from not being stiff enough. - Embodiments of the present technology are thus described. While the present technology has been described in particular embodiments, it should be appreciated that the present technology should not be construed as limited by such embodiments, but rather construed according to the following claims.
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