DE69223922D1 - Kardanische biegsame Mikro-Kopfaufhängung, Leitung und Gerät - Google Patents

Kardanische biegsame Mikro-Kopfaufhängung, Leitung und Gerät

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DE69223922D1
DE69223922D1 DE69223922T DE69223922T DE69223922D1 DE 69223922 D1 DE69223922 D1 DE 69223922D1 DE 69223922 T DE69223922 T DE 69223922T DE 69223922 T DE69223922 T DE 69223922T DE 69223922 D1 DE69223922 D1 DE 69223922D1
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assembly
flexure
transducer unit
wire
head suspension
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Harold J Hamilton
Timothy W Martin
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Censtor Corp
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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
    • G11B5/4853—Constructional details of the electrical connection between head and arm
    • 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
    • G11B5/4813—Mounting or aligning of arm assemblies, e.g. actuator arm supported by bearings, multiple arm assemblies, arm stacks or multiple heads on single arm
    • 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
    • G11B5/4826—Mounting, aligning or attachment of the transducer head relative to the arm assembly, e.g. slider holding members, gimbals, adhesive
DE69223922T 1991-10-28 1992-10-27 Kardanische biegsame Mikro-Kopfaufhängung, Leitung und Gerät Expired - Lifetime DE69223922D1 (de)

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US07/783,619 US5490027A (en) 1991-10-28 1991-10-28 Gimbaled micro-head/flexure/conductor assembly and system

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US (2) US5490027A (de)
EP (1) EP0540283B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE161997T1 (de)
CA (1) CA2081504C (de)
DE (1) DE69223922D1 (de)

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US5490027A (en) 1996-02-06
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EP0540283A3 (en) 1993-08-11
EP0540283A2 (de) 1993-05-05
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