WO1996012275A1 - Flexures which reduce friction in an actuator for a data storage device - Google Patents

Flexures which reduce friction in an actuator for a data storage device Download PDF

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WO1996012275A1
WO1996012275A1 PCT/US1995/013832 US9513832W WO9612275A1 WO 1996012275 A1 WO1996012275 A1 WO 1996012275A1 US 9513832 W US9513832 W US 9513832W WO 9612275 A1 WO9612275 A1 WO 9612275A1
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actuator
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John C. Briggs
David E. Jones
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Iomega Corp
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Priority to DE69507323T priority patent/DE69507323T2/de
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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
    • G11B5/4833—Structure of the arm assembly, e.g. load beams, flexures, parts of the arm adapted for controlling vertical force on the head

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  • This invention relates to a linear actuator for carrying read/write heads into engagement with a recording medium and more particularly, to a linear actuator with flexures mounting a subcarriage to a carriage.
  • U.S. Patents 4,740,851 - Jones, et al and 4,663,677 - Griffith, et al show removable media magnetic disk drives of the type made by the assignee of the present ivention.
  • a cartridge having a flexible recording medium is inserted into the disk drive.
  • a motor rotates the disk which is engaged by magnetic read/ write heads.
  • Rotary and linear actuators have been used to carry the magnetic heads into engagement with the disk. Precise positioning of the heads on a disk drive generally demands that external forces on the actuator be kept to a minimum. This typically prohibits the use of plain journal bearings (bushings) because of the fricitional forces created during sliding.
  • Linear actuators have been used for magnetic disk drives, CD players, and optical recording drives.
  • a linear actuator has a carriage which is mounted by flexures to a subcarriage.
  • a voice coil motor drives the carriage/subcarriage assembly linearly. Small, incremental movement is by the carriage flexing the flexures. Larger, coarse positioning of the carriage/subcarriage assembly is by movement on bushings along a linear track.
  • Fig. 1 shows the disk drive of the present invention with the cover removed
  • Fig. 1A shows a cartridge of the type used in such a disk drive
  • Fig. 2 shows the actuator of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the carriage assembly.
  • Fig. 1 shows a disk drive of the type in which a cartridge 10 (Fig. 1A) contains a recording media 14.
  • the cartridge is inserted into the drive at 11.
  • a motor which is mounted on the platform 12 at 13 rotates the flexible disk in the cartridge.
  • the cartridge shown in Fig. 1 A has a disk 14 with a hub 16 rotatably mounted therein to be rotated by the motor.
  • the disk is engaged by read/write heads 18 and 19 which are carried by the actuator of the present invention.
  • Opposed heads 18 and 19 engage both sides of the disk.
  • the heads 18 and 19 are mounted on standard Winchester hard disk drive suspensions which have been modified to include the lifting rods 21 and 23.
  • the voice coil motor for driving the carriage assembly into and out of engagement of the heads with the recording medium includes an outer return path 20, and inner return path members 25 and 25 A.
  • a two piece coil 22 is mounted on the carriage assembly.
  • the coil is bonded to the subcarriage 34. (Fig. 3).
  • the carriage 27 includes two lightweight arms 24 and 26 on which the head suspensions are mounted.
  • the carriage/subcarriage assembly travels on a central guide track 28 which is a cylindrical member, a small wire guide in the preferred embodiment. 1
  • the subcarriage 34 has cylindrical bushings 30 and 32 through which the cylindrical guide track 28 passes.
  • the guide track 28 aligns the heads 18 and 19 with the disk and the motor.
  • Bushings 30 and 32 are sapphire jewel bearings in the preferred embodiment.
  • the subcarriage 34 is mounted to the carriage 27 by flexible springs (flexures) 36 and 38.
  • the flexures are stainless steel and are positioned at opposite ends of subcarriage 34.
  • the flexures are connected to the carriage 23 by the tabs 40 and 42.
  • the flexures 36 and 38 join the subcarriage 34 to the carriage 27 so that linear movement of the carriage 27, relative to the subcarriage 34 is accompanied by flexure of the flexure members 36 and 38. This occurs when the coil 22 is first energized. This produces small, incremental movement. Further energization of the coil causes gross movement of the carriage/subcarriage assembly on bushings 30 and 32.

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  • Moving Of Heads (AREA)
  • Moving Of Head For Track Selection And Changing (AREA)
  • Moving Of The Head To Find And Align With The Track (AREA)
PCT/US1995/013832 1994-10-18 1995-10-11 Flexures which reduce friction in an actuator for a data storage device Ceased WO1996012275A1 (en)

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EP95937642A EP0789906B1 (en) 1994-10-18 1995-10-11 Flexures which reduce friction in an actuator for a data storage device
JP8513483A JPH10507569A (ja) 1994-10-18 1995-10-11 データ記憶装置用アクチュエータにおける摩擦を低下させる撓み部材
DE0789906T DE789906T1 (de) 1994-10-18 1995-10-11 Biegegelenke, die die reibung reduzieren in einem betätiger für eine datenspeichereinrichtung
DE69507323T DE69507323T2 (de) 1994-10-18 1995-10-11 Biegegelenke, die die reibung reduzieren in einem betätiger für eine datenspeichereinrichtung

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US08/324,580 US5508864A (en) 1994-10-18 1994-10-18 Flexures which reduce friction in an actuator for a data storage device

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DE69507323D1 (de) 1999-02-25
DE789906T1 (de) 1998-03-05
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