Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.v.

International Business Machines Corporation

Miguel Dominguez

Hatem R Radwan

Ambrish A Misra

Fu-Ying Huang

Walter Lloyd Prater

Anthony Vesci

David Harwood McMurtry

Jeffrey Kerner

Embodiments of the present invention include a disk drive actuator arm for reducing amplitude of vibration modes substantially planar to a disk surface. The actuator arm comprises a plurality of head arms coupled to the actuator arm, the head arms substantially equally spaced and substantially parallel to each other. The actuator arm further includes a damping material bonded to a surface of one of the plurality of head arms, wherein the surface is substantially parallel to the plurality of head arms. The actuator arm further includes a mass bonded to the damping material wherein the mass dampens the amplitude of vibration modes substantially planar to the disk surface.

Tuned damper for disk drive actuator arm

An actuator assembly for a disk drive is provided wherein the pivot cartridge is supported within the bore of the actuator with corrugated end rings. The corrugated end rings provide a uniform distribution of forces on the pivot cartridge and effectively reduce vibrations between the pivot cartridge and the body of the actuator.

Disk drive actuator-pivot assembly with corrugated rings

A damping assembly for the actuator of high performance disk drive assembly is formed from multiple materials. The damping assembly is added to the actuator to dampen vibration that occurs during operation of the drive. The damping assembly is connected to an exterior portion of a coil region of the actuator. The damping assembly helps dampen vibration modes for coil torsion and coil bending, thereby improving dynamics settling performance to improve overall file input/output throughput performance. This also allows for a higher voice coil motor torque constant by increasing the magnet radius, thereby also improving move time, which further improves file input/output throughput performance. The overall file performance is improved by reducing settling times associated with coil torsion and coil bending modes, and allowing a higher torque constant to also improve move time. Both of these effects contribute to improving file performance.

System and method of damping vibration on coil supports in high performance disk drives with rotary actuators

A dual actuator pivot bearing system and method for making the same is disclosed, wherein the need for adhesive bonding is eliminated and assembly time is minimized. The dual actuator pivot includes a first and a second actuator bearing assembly that include an upper sleeve having an upper and lower ball bearing press fitted into the upper sleeve to form the first actuator bearing assembly and a lower sleeve having an upper ball bearing press fitted into the sleeve to form the second actuator bearing assembly, the first and second actuator bearing assemblies being press fitted to a shaft assembly comprising a shaft having a ball bearing press fitted at a shaft base. The first and second actuator bearing assemblies are press fitted using a predetermined axial load that is tuned to select a desired resonance frequency for the first and second actuator bearing assemblies. The shaft may also include steps selected to have diameters matching bearing bore diameters graded from large to small going from a first end of the shaft to a second end of the shaft. Further, the shaft may be chilled to shrink the shaft. Alternatively, the components may be heated.

Dual actuator pivot bearing system and method for making the same

A limit stop for magnetic storage disk drive systems comprising a spring portion and a mount portion. The spring portion is a single piece molded structure that is preloaded against a precision machined surface on the mount portion during assembly. The preloaded spring feature provides good energy absorption characteristics to reduce the limit stop deflection during actuator contact. The precision machined surface on the mount portion accurately determines the limit stop position, thereby reducing tolerance requirements on the spring portion.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Miguel Dominguez