Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Kazuo Kobayashi

Masao Okita

Toru Sawada

Ichiro Noguchi

Kazuo Kozumi

Yasunari Takayama

Masao Ohkita

Kenji Abe

Osamu Shigenai

Tadami Sugawara

Kunihiko Gunji

Takamichi Fuke

Masao Kumagai

Atsushi Takahashi

A method of mounting a magnetic head to a case employs a jig having a grooved placing unit for placing the head and a support for the case formed at a predetermined height from the slidably contacting surface of the head. The method includes placing the slidably contacting surface of the head on the bottom of the placing unit of the jig to position the head in the placing unit, placing the case on the support to set its height at a predetermined gap with respect to the mounting surface of the head, and filling a bonding agent in the gap between the mounting surfaces of the case and the head.

Method of mounting a magnetic head

A magnetic head assembly comprises a carriage on which a first magnetic head is mounted for performing read/write with respect to one face of a disk, a second magnetic head also mounted on the carriage opposite to the first magnetic head for performing read/write with respect to the other face of the disk, and a hold case coupled turnably via a leaf hinge spring to the carriage, wherein the first magnetic head is attached via a gimbal spring to the carriage, and the second magnetic head is secured to the hold case, and is characterized in that the carriage has a support portion abutting directly on the hold case inclusive of the leaf hinge spring to support the same, so that the hold case is supported turnably with the support portion serving as a supporting point, whereby the reference plane of the hold case is defined by the support portion, so that accuracy can be ensured for the reference plane of the second magnetic head with respect to the disk and an enhancement of the follow-up performance can contribute to an improvement of the read/write characteristic.

Pivot support structure for magnetic head assembly

There is disclosed a magnetic head assembly for use in a disk drive that can store and retrieve data from a magnetic disk. The assembly has a carriage and an arm on which a lower magnetic head and an upper magnetic head are carried, respectively. A hinged leaf spring is located on the carriage remotely from the heads. The arm can swing about the spring which is welded to the spring mount portion of the carriage.

Welded leaf spring mounting for magnetic head assembly of disk drive

A magnetic head assembly including a carriage carrying a first magnetic head for recording information on, and reproducing it from, one side of a magnetic recording medium in the form of a disk, and a holding case connected to the carriage rotatably by a leaf spring and carrying a second magnetic head disposed opposite the first magnetic head for recording information on, and reproducing it from, the opposite side of the medium. The first magnetic head is supported on the carriage by a gimbal spring supported on a pivot, while the second magnetic head is secured to the holding case. The pivot is supported by a nonelastic member provided in the carriage. The gimbal spring has an outer portion at which it is attached to the carriage, and an inner portion projecting from its outer portion toward the holding case. The pivot contacts the inner portion of the gimbal spring.

Magnetic head assembly in floppy disk drive

A magnetic head assembly of a disk drive device has an upper magnetic head fastened to a case side and a lower magnetic head mounted on a gimbal plate of a carriage side. The upper case assembly includes a plurality of leaf hinge springs extending to the vicinity of the upper magnetic head, which is bonded to a supporting plate, and wire leads from the magnetic head are soldered to the leaf hinge spring ends as lead terminals. The other ends of the leaf hinge springs extend to the rear side of the case and serve both as a pivotable hinge mounting of the case to the carriage and as lead terminals to an external read/write controller. The upper case assembly is formed by molding in resin a flat plate which is precut with the leaf hinge spring and supporting plate portions formed in a predetermined shape, cutting the flat plate thus insert molded to separate the plate and a plurality of lead terminals independently, fastening the upper magnetic head to the plate, and connecting the lead wires from the fastened magnetic head to the predetermined divided lead terminals. Thus, the magnetic head assembly can be accurately manufactured inexpensively.

Method of fabricating a magnetic head assembly

A carriage for use in disc driving or the like can be driven correctly by a carriage driving apparatus comprising guide shafts extended linearly, a carriage slidably supported on the guide shafts, a pulley holder rotatably supported around one of the guide shafts at one end thereof, a driven pulley rotatably journaled at one side of the pulley holder, a drive pulley disposed at a predetermined distance from the driven pulley and connected to a rotational shaft of a driving motor, a pulling belt laid around between the drive pulley and the driven pulley and connected at an intermediate portion thereof to the carriage and a base for supporting the guide shafts, wherein a pulley holder rotation inhibitive portion is disposed on the opposite side of a mounting portion for the driven pulley with respect to the guide shaft support portion of the pulley holder closely opposing to the base.

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Furukawa, Japan

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