Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.v.

Nippon Mektron Limited

Michiya Totoki

Kohji Takahashi

Takeji Sumiya

Tomoki Hiramatsu

Teruhiro Nakamiya

Nobuyuki Oka

Shota Seki

Shuichi Kiyomoto

For cushioning a shock to prevent problems such as a reading error, a ramp for a magnetic disc apparatus is made of a resin material for forming a ramp main body and a material having higher rigidity than the resin material, disc facing surfaces in the disc insertion portion for inserting a magnetic disc is provided with disc contact portions made of the high rigidity material, a bottom surface portion of a concave portion of the disc insertion portion is constructed by a combination of a bottom surface portion made of the resin material and a bottom surface portion made of the high rigidity material, and a step structure is provided by arranging the bottom surface portion made of the high rigidity material at a position moved rearward in a depth direction of the concave portion in comparison with the bottom surface portion made of the resin material.

Cushioning ramp having a stepped structure for a magnetic disc apparatus

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Fujisawa, Japan

Michiya Totoki