Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Drum record
Patent
1997-05-16
1998-11-03
Levy, Stuarts S.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Drum record
G11B 554, G11B 2122
Patent
active
058317953
ABSTRACT:
A head loading mechanism for a removable cartridge disk drive comprises a support base fixedly mounted in the drive, and a moveable member movably attached to the support base via a pair of elongate flexures. The moveable member has a ramped surface adapted to engage a suspension arm at the distal end of an actuator. A read/write head is mounted on the suspension arm. The moveable member moves upon the flexures in tandem with the actuator as it moves toward and away from the edge of a disk inserted in the drive. The moveable member carries the suspension arm of the actuator to the edge of the disk, at which point the suspension arm can ride up and down the ramped surface of the moveable member in order to load the read/write head onto the surface of the disk and then subsequently to unload the read/write head from the disk.
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Griffith David W.
Ma Yiping
Rich Edward L.
Thomas, III Fred C.
Iomega Corporation
Klimowicz William J.
Levy Stuarts S.
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