Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Takao Ohmi

Masayuki Sekimura

Tomoko Taguchi

Shinji Takakura

Shigeru Takekado

Takehito Yamada

Makoto Asakura

Minoru Yonezawa

Yoriyuki Ishibashi

Yasuo Motegi

Kengo Saruta

Mastoshi Hirono

Kosuke Awaga

An electronic substrate includes: a flexible printed circuit comprising a head connecting portion being provided with a first terminal to be electrically connected to a magnetic head, and a board connecting portion being provided with a second terminal to be electrically connected to a main printed board; a first reinforcing member provided on the head connecting portion of the flexible printed circuit, the first reinforcing member reinforcing the head connecting portion; and a second reinforcing member provided on the board connecting portion of the flexible printed circuit, the second reinforcing member reinforcing the board connecting portion, wherein the second reinforcing member includes a additional enhancement portion formed with a sterically enhanced shape.

Electronic substrate and magnetic disk apparatus

An optical disk drive having an optical disk that permits transmission of a laser beam, an optical disk holding mechanism configured to rotatably support the optical disk, a first laser beam irradiation mechanism disposed on one side of the optical disk, causing the first laser beam to be vertically incident on one surface of the optical disk, and a first evanescent optical system disposed on the other side of the optical disk. The first evanescent optical system is configured to receive the first laser beam which emanates from the laser beam irradiation mechanism and passes through the optical disk, and radiate the first evanescent wave to the other surface of the optical disk having at least one recording surface.

Optical disk drive

A data storage apparatus (HDD unit) having a cartridge, attachable to and detachable from a personal computer, incorporating a recording disk, comprises a switch circuit for inhibiting data reading and writing with respect to a magnetic disk and a locking mechanism for detecting that the cartridge is detached from the personal computer and causing data reading and writing inhibiting means to operate in response to the detection.

Data storage apparatus having an impact detecting mechanism

An optical disk recording/reproducing device which records or reproduces recording information on or from an optical disk by use of optical head while the optical disk is chucked on a disk rotating mechanism and rotated and comprises a tilt detector for detecting a tilt angle of the optical disk which is being rotated, and a controller for determining whether the tilt angle detected by the detecting means is set within a permissible range or not, wherein the controller retries the chucking operation when the determining means determines that the tilt angle exceeds the permissible range.

Optical disk recording/reproducing device with eccentric and incline

A data storage apparatus (HDD unit) having a cartridge, attachable to and detachable from a personal computer, incorporating a recording disk, comprises a switch circuit for inhibiting data reading and writing with respect to a magnetic disk and a locking mechanism for detecting that the cartridge is detached from the personal computer and causing a data reading and writing inhibiting device to operate in response to the detection.

Data storage apparatus

A method and an apparatus for recording and reproducing data on a disk recording medium, capable of effectively reducing the unnecessary vibration of the spindle motor and the noises associated with it, and improving the tracking characteristic of a head with respect to the vibration of the spindle motor. The apparatus includes a head for recording and producing data with respect to a disk recording medium; a rotational driving mechanism including a spindle motor for driving the disk recording medium in rotation according to a driving waveform; and a waveform correction unit for detecting a vibration of the rotational driving mechanism and correcting the driving waveform supplied to the rotational driving mechanism according to the detected vibration. The apparatus can further includes a head driving mechanism for driving the head in a radial direction of the disk recording medium according to a driving signal; and a driving signal correction unit for correcting the driving signal supplied to the head driving mechanism according to the vibration of the rotational driving mechanism.

Method and apparatus for reducing vibration on a disk spindle motor by

A magnetic disk apparatus is disclosed wherein the apparatus comprises a magnetic disk, magnetic heads for recording and reproducing information to and from the magnetic disk, a disk driving device for driving the magnetic disk, head driving device for driving the magnetic heads, a mechanical portion driving circuit for operating the disk driving device and the head driving device, a logical operation device for exchanging signals between the magnetic heads and the mechanical portion driving circuit, a first box for containing at least the magnetic disk, the magnetic heads, the disk driving device, and the head driving device, and a second box, detachably connected to the first box, for containing at least the logical operation device, wherein signals are exchanged between the first box and the second box. The first box and the second box are electrically connected and the second box contains at least the logical operation circuit.

Detachable magnetic disk apparatus

A method and an apparatus for recording and reproducing data on disk recording medium, capable of effectively reducing the unnecessary vibration of the spindle motor and the noises associated with it, and improving the tracking characteristic of a head with respect to the vibration of the spindle motor. The apparatus includes a head for recording and producing data with respect to a disk recording medium; a rotational driving mechanism including a spindle motor for driving the disk recording medium in rotation according to a driving waveform; and a waveform correction unit for detecting a vibration of the rotational driving mechanism and correcting the driving waveform supplied to the rotational driving mechanism according to the detected vibration. The apparatus can further includes a head driving mechanism for driving the head in a radial direction of the disk recording medium according to a driving signal; and a driving signal correction unit for correcting the driving signal supplied to the head driving mechanism according to the vibration of the rotational driving mechanism.

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Kamakura, Japan

Takao Ohmi