Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Drum record
Patent
1988-10-07
1990-06-12
Heinz, A. J.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Drum record
G11B 555
Patent
active
049337920
ABSTRACT:
In order to improve servo system stability and decrease settling times in rotary head positioners for high performance magnetic disc drives, a floating mass damper is mounted on the end of an accessing head arm structure of the positioner opposite to the end or ends carrying the magnetic head or heads. The damper includes a centered floating mass which rests on a viscous film, such as silicone oil, and the shear forces developed by motion of the floating mass across the film dissipates vibrational mode energy in the accessing head arm structure during both a fast seek operation followed by track following fine servo operation. Such energy dissipation thus reduces the settling time and amplitude of natural resonance of the head positioner.
The floating mass may be either an elongated cylindrical metal slug or a plurality of steel balls, but lower tolerances and lower manufacturing costs are made possible when the steel balls are used as the floating mass.
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Lasson Robert E.
Sleger Roger R.
Heinz A. J.
Hewlett--Packard Company
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