WO1995016261A1 - Support de tete d'appareil a fils conducteurs - Google Patents
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- WO1995016261A1 WO1995016261A1 PCT/US1994/014126 US9414126W WO9516261A1 WO 1995016261 A1 WO1995016261 A1 WO 1995016261A1 US 9414126 W US9414126 W US 9414126W WO 9516261 A1 WO9516261 A1 WO 9516261A1
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- actuator arm
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
- G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
- G11B5/4806—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed specially adapted for disk drive assemblies, e.g. assembly prior to operation, hard or flexible disk drives
- G11B5/486—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed specially adapted for disk drive assemblies, e.g. assembly prior to operation, hard or flexible disk drives with provision for mounting or arranging electrical conducting means or circuits on or along the arm assembly
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- the present invention relates to an actuator arm assembly for a hard disk drive.
- Hard disk drives contain a magnetic disk(s) which rotates relative to a magnetic head(s) .
- the head is mounted to an actuator arm assembly which has a voice coil motor that moves the head relative to the disk.
- the head contains a slider surface which creates an air hearing between the head and the disk surface when the disk is rotating. The air bearing prevents contact and corresponding wear between the head and the disk.
- the head is typically mounted to a flexbeam which is cantilevered from the actuator arm.
- the flexbeam must be flexible enough to allow the formation of the air bearing, yet rigid enough to withstand shock loads applied to the system.
- the flexbeam must also be constructed to operate without any frequency resonance. Flexbeams are conventionally constructed from a sheet of metal that is attached to the end of the actuator arm. The head is then pivotally connected to the end of the metal sheet.
- a typical flexbeam may be a 0.003 inch thick sheet of 300 series stainless steel.
- To electrically couple the head to the remaining electronics of the drive a plurality of wires are routed from the head to a flexible circuit mounted to the actuator arm. The wires are typically bonded to the flexbeam and soldered to both the head and the flexible circuit. Having to bond and solder individual wires increases the assembly time of the drive unit.
- Hard disk drives are installed into portable computers which must be light and compact. A significant portion of the weight of a portable computer is the hard disk drive. Consequently, it is desirable to construct a disk drive which is as light and compact as possible. To reduce the height, weight and reduce the assembly cost of a disk drive, it would be desirable to provide an actuator arm assembly which did not have a conventional flexbeam substrate.
- the present invention is an actuator arm assembly for a hard disk drive which does not have a flexbeam substrate.
- the actuator arm assembly includes an actuator arm and a magnetic head that is electrically coupled to the electronics of the drive by a plurality of wires.
- the wires are also constructed to structurally support the head in a position cantilevered from the actuator arm.
- the wires can be either twisted, constructed from beryllium copper, attached to a polyimide sheet or have any combination of the above.
- the wires may also have a sheet of viscoelastomeric material to dampen the structure.
- Figure 1 is a top view of an actuator arm assembly of the present invention
- Figure 2 is a top view of an alternate embodiment of an actuator arm assembly of the present invention.
- Figure 3 is another alternate embodiment of the actuator assembly
- Figure 4 is a side view of an alternate embodiment of a flexbeam of the actuator arm assembly.
- Figure 1 shows a actuator arm assembly 10 of the present invention.
- the assembly 10 includes an actuator arm 12 that can rotate about a pivot bearing 14.
- the assembly 10 also has a magnetic head 16 which can magnetize and sense the magnetic field of a disk 18.
- the disk 18 is rotated relative to the head 16 by a spin motor (not shown) .
- a voice coil motor 20 At the end of the actuator arm 12 is a voice coil motor 20 which can move the head 16 relative to the disk 18.
- the magnetic head 16 is constructed to create an air bearing that lifts the head 16 above the surface of the disk.
- the head 16 can be constructed for contact, near contact or no contact recording. Additionally, the head can be constructed to provide either horizontal or vertical recording.
- the head 16 is electrically coupled to the electronics (not shown) of the hard disk drive through wires 22 that are connected to a flexible circuit board 24.
- the flexible circuit board 24 is typically bonded to the actuator arm 12.
- the electrical wires 22 are constructed to be rigid enough to also structurally support the head 16.
- the wires 22 are constructed from a beryllium copper of a sufficient thickness that is flexible enough to allow the head 16 to be deflected when the air bearing is formed, but rigid enough to not yield when subjected to external shock or vibration loads.
- the wires 22 should have a combined thickness of approximately .004 inches.
- the wires 22 are preferably insulated to prevent arcing and other negative events.
- the wires 22 are attached to the head 16 at one end and soldered to surface contact pads 26 of the flexible circuit board 24 at the opposite end.
- Figure 2 shows an alternate embodiment, wherein the wires are twisted about each other. Twisting the wires increases the stiffness of the structural coupling between the head 16 and the actuator arm 12. The increase in stiffness will allow thinner beryllium copper wire or pure copper wire to be used in the assembly 10.
- FIG 3 shows an alternate embodiment, wherein the head 16 is coupled to the actuator arm 12 by a flexible circuit board 28.
- the flexible circuit board 28 contains a plurality of copper conductive traces 30 that are encapsulated by sheets of dielectric material 32.
- the dielectric material is typically a polyimide material marketed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. under the trademark KAPTON.
- the copper traces 30 are etched into the patterns shown by methods well known in the art.
- the combination of KAPTON and copper traces should be flexible enough to allow the formation of the air bearing, yet strong enough to withstand external loads.
- the flexible circuit board 28 has a number of first conductive surface pads 34 that may be soldered to the surface pads 26 of the flexible circuit 24.
- the circuit board 28 also has a plurality of second conductive surface pads 36 that are coupled to the head 16 either directly or through bonded wires 38.
- the head 16 can be mounted to the end of the flexible circuit board 28.
- the lateral flexibility of the circuit board 28 allows the head 16 to pivot about the board 28 as indicated by the arrows.
- a viscoelastomeric material 40 may be attached to the flexible circuit board 28.
- the viscoelastomeric material 40 will dampen vibrational loads that are applied to the actuator arm assembly.
- the viscoelastomeric material 40 may be attached to a thin metal sheet 42, which adds additional stiffness to the flexible circuit board 28.
- the metal backing 42 and elastomeric material is preferably a product sold by Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Co. ("3M") under the trademark SCOTCHDAMP.
- the elastomeric material of the 3M product also has adhesive properties that allow the elastomer 40 and sheet 42 to be readily mounted to the flexible circuit board 28.
- the present invention thus provides an actuator arm assembly which does not have a conventional flexbeam substrate.
- the magnetic head 16 can be constructed with either the wires or flexible circuit wrapped around the head 16.
- the head 16 can be assembled to the actuator arm 12 by merely unwinding the wires/circuit and soldering the same to the flexible circuit board 24 of the actuator arm.
- the present invention thus reduces the assembly time required to produce the arm relative to conventional actuator arms which require assembly of the flexbeam substrate.
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Abstract
L'invention concerne un ensemble formant bras de lecture/écriture pour une unité de disque dur qui ne possède pas de substrat formant tige souple . Cet ensemble comprend un bras de lecture/écriture (12) et une tête magnétique (16) qui est couplée électriquement au système électronique de l'unité par une pluralité de fils (22). Ces derniers sont également formés pour supporter de manière structurelle la tête dans une position de porte-à-faux à partir du bras de lecture/écriture. Pour assurer l'intégrité de la structure, les fils peuvent être torsadés, ou formés à partir de cuivre de béryllium, fixés à une feuille de polyimide ou présenter toute combinaison des cas ci-dessus. Ils peuvent également comprendre une feuille d'un matériau viscoélastomère pour amortir la structure.
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AU14323/95A AU1432395A (en) | 1993-12-08 | 1994-12-08 | Wire lead-frame head suspension |
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US164,356 | 1988-03-04 | ||
US16435693A | 1993-12-08 | 1993-12-08 |
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Cited By (5)
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US5645735A (en) * | 1994-04-15 | 1997-07-08 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly |
US5808834A (en) * | 1995-06-07 | 1998-09-15 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Laminated adapter |
WO2003023768A1 (fr) * | 2001-09-05 | 2003-03-20 | Seagate Technology Llc | Suspension par element flexible pour fonctionnement dynamique du bras |
US6801401B2 (en) | 2000-06-02 | 2004-10-05 | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | Magnetic head device and lead wire |
DE19653132B4 (de) * | 1995-12-22 | 2007-02-22 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon | Mehrspurkopf-Baueinheit für Festplattenlaufwerke |
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US3939495A (en) * | 1973-12-19 | 1976-02-17 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Method for adjusting the angle of attack of a floating magnetic head |
US4740854A (en) * | 1985-10-14 | 1988-04-26 | Teac Corporation | Flexure seat for a transducer head of a magnetic disk apparatus |
US4965684A (en) * | 1988-01-25 | 1990-10-23 | Conner Peripherals, Inc. | Low height disk drive |
US4996623A (en) * | 1989-08-07 | 1991-02-26 | International Business Machines Corporation | Laminated suspension for a negative pressure slider in a data recording disk file |
US5187625A (en) * | 1991-01-22 | 1993-02-16 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Laminated load beam |
US5296983A (en) * | 1991-11-29 | 1994-03-22 | Commissariat A L'energie Atomique | Slider spring under "tension-compression" |
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- 1994-12-08 AU AU14323/95A patent/AU1432395A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1994-12-08 WO PCT/US1994/014126 patent/WO1995016261A1/fr active Application Filing
Patent Citations (6)
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US3939495A (en) * | 1973-12-19 | 1976-02-17 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Method for adjusting the angle of attack of a floating magnetic head |
US4740854A (en) * | 1985-10-14 | 1988-04-26 | Teac Corporation | Flexure seat for a transducer head of a magnetic disk apparatus |
US4965684A (en) * | 1988-01-25 | 1990-10-23 | Conner Peripherals, Inc. | Low height disk drive |
US4996623A (en) * | 1989-08-07 | 1991-02-26 | International Business Machines Corporation | Laminated suspension for a negative pressure slider in a data recording disk file |
US5187625A (en) * | 1991-01-22 | 1993-02-16 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Laminated load beam |
US5296983A (en) * | 1991-11-29 | 1994-03-22 | Commissariat A L'energie Atomique | Slider spring under "tension-compression" |
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, Volume 22, No. 4, issued September 1979, J.R. REIDENBACH, "Combination Suspension-Lead Cable for a Multi-Gap Read/Write Head", pages 1602-1603. * |
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US5645735A (en) * | 1994-04-15 | 1997-07-08 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly |
US5808834A (en) * | 1995-06-07 | 1998-09-15 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Laminated adapter |
DE19653132B4 (de) * | 1995-12-22 | 2007-02-22 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon | Mehrspurkopf-Baueinheit für Festplattenlaufwerke |
US6801401B2 (en) | 2000-06-02 | 2004-10-05 | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | Magnetic head device and lead wire |
WO2003023768A1 (fr) * | 2001-09-05 | 2003-03-20 | Seagate Technology Llc | Suspension par element flexible pour fonctionnement dynamique du bras |
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