Apple Inc.

Wolfgang Dirks

Shailesh Patel

A multi-component transformer to be used in conjunction with surface mounting technology. Transformer windings are provided by a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel and disposed around a ferrite core. A portion of the winding is disposed in a spacer member or alternatively is formed from tracings of a circuit board. A portion of a ferrite core is disposed above the conductors. Then a bridge member, which is U-shaped and has a plurality of conductors disposed in a dielectric body, is disposed to overlie a portion of the magnetic core overlying the first tracings. The conductors of the bridge member are coupled to the underlying tracings such that the tracings form a continuous loop around a portion of the magnetic core to function as a winding of a transformer. Alternative embodiments are disclosed in which variations of the multi-component provides variations in the design.

Transformer for use with surface mounting technology

A disk drive which includes an actuator motor whose magnets and iron path are mounted on the arm assembly to act as a counter weight. The coil of the actuator motor is mounted to the base of the disk drive with the iron path disposed around the coil and the iron core disposed through the center of the coil and all are mounted on the iron path and face the coils. By utilizing the iron path and magnets as a counterbalance, the total mass of the arm is reduced, reducing the inertia of the arm and of the power requirements of the actuator motor to move the arm.

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Monte Sereno, CA, United States of America

Wolfgang Dirks