Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi-high-technologies Corporation

Yasuhiro Matsuda

Takashi Yoshida

Isao Shimizu

Akira Shimizu

Masashi Yoshida

Katsumi Watanabe

Shigeo Nakamura

Shinobu Yoshida

Toshinori Sugiyama

Hideki Tanaka

Hiroshi Ikeda

Shozo Saegusa

Tsuyoshi Takahashi

Toshihiko Gotoh

Kimihiko Sudo

Masahiko Sega

Fumio Takeda

Yoshihiro Sakurai

Marutomo Goto

Takashi Kohno

Yukio Yamamoto

Toshio Matsushita

Toshiaki Kojima

Koutarou Tanno

Shigeyuki Hanazawa

Yoshiko Kawabe

A magnetic head-positioning system to accurately test a magnetic disk and a magnetic head, comprises a plurality of hinges attached on an end portion of a linear driving element and disposed on both sides of a center line of the linear driving element, which is in parallel with an extension-shrinkage direction of the linear driving element, and an arm having a length longer than a distance between a plurality of hinge joint portions, the plurality of the hinge joint portions each of which join the hinge with a root portion of the arm and which are disposed on both sides of a center line of the arm which is in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the arm. The arm has an extremity portion on which a head gimbal assembly is detachably attached and this head gimbal assembly is positioned.

Position determining system with arm center line crossing expanding/contracting direction of hinged actuator unit

A magnetic head-positioning servo system is provided to accurately test a magnetic disk with a track written in advance, by providing two fine actuators. The second fine actuator, to which a magnetic head is attached, is mounted on the first fine actuator. The second fine actuator has a larger generating displacement than a generating displacement of the first fine actuator, and lets the magnetic disk to follow the eccentricity of the track. In this way, the positioning accuracy can be increased.

Magnetic head-positioning servo system, magnetic head test system and magnetic disk test system

A switch includes a reference log storage table for storing a plurality of reference logs for performing normal connection processing between network nodes, a connection candidate log search program for searching for a connection candidate log from among a plurality of reference logs based on a failure log acquired when a connection failure occurs between network nodes; and a re-connection program for re-connecting the network nodes by using the connection candidate log.

Network node, switch, and network failure recovery method

An information processing system comprises an information processing apparatus, a switch, and a storage device, wherein the first communication ports and the third communication ports are connected to the second communication ports. When a response from a storage device to a data input/output request is not received within a predetermined time period, the information processing apparatus transmits a second and a third data input/output requests from the first communication port on the first communication channel, and transmits an inspection request to the switch to inspect a second communication port on the first communication channel. When responses to the second and third data input/output requests are not received within a predetermined time period, and a response to the inspection request is received within a predetermined time period, the information processing apparatus determines that there is a fault in the first communication port on the first communication channel.

Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the information processing apparatus

When supporting an HDA including an H/DA and an electronic control circuit board for controlling the same in a fixed frame (drive bay) of upper level apparatus by means of elastic or &ldquo;soft&rdquo; fixation, counterforce of an FPC cable gives it bad influence. When rigidly securing the HDA in a translational motion direction while attaining soft fixation in a direction of rotation, the HDA is rotatably supported with its center of gravity being as the center of rotation in a soft secure/support mechanism as taught from Published Japanese Patent Application No. 8-161880 (JP-A-8161880) for example; however, in the case of employing one of commercially available general purpose HDAs, this is disposed so that a bent or curved portion of its cable is identical in position to the rotation center or placed at a nearby location of the gravity center to thereby preclude the stiffness of an FPC cable hardly affects such rotatable support mechanism. This makes it possible to minimize creation of a torque posing a bar to free rotation of the HDA, which in turn enables mounting of the general purpose HDA thereby permitting wide spread of soft securing techniques. It is possible to facilitate popularization of a scheme for mounting a magnetic disk drive into portable or mobile equipment.

Magnetic disk drive with unique cable wiring scheme and electronic device using the same

Magnetic disk unit having anti-impact arrangement

A miniature magnetic disk device or a miniature optical disk device has a recording disk having a diameter less than or equal to 0.7 inches. The disk device also includes a spindle motor which rotates the recording disk, a read/write head for recording or reproducing information on and from the recording disk, a support member which holds the read/write head, and a support shaft which is coupled to the support member. A voice coil motor, which is coupled to the support member and the support shaft, sets the read/write head in a desired position over the disk. A resistor which has a value of at least 2.5.OMEGA. is connected in series with a coil of the voice coil motor, and the resistor makes it possible to reduce power consumption of the voice coil motor. The resistor may be a variable resistor, and a conductor of the coil may have a cross-sectional area less than 2.55.times.10.sup.-3 mm.sup.2. A ratio h/t of a thickness h of the coil to a thickness t of a magnetic circuit of the voice coil motor have be at least 0.25. Moreover, by mounting several of these disks on a board which is standardized as PCMCIA type 3, a miniature array disk device is formed.

Miniature magnetic disk device and voice coil actuator thereof

A disk locating actuator of a disk apparatus has a carrier member carrying a head and a curved flexible printed circuit fixed at its one end to the carrier member and at its other end to a base. Angles at which the flexible printed circuit is fixed are suitably determined so as to diminish any dynamic reacting force produced by vibration of the flexible printed circuit, thus ensuring high degree of head locating precision.

Head locating actuator having reduced susceptibility to dynamic reaction

A thermal printer of the type printing an image on a printing paper wound in the form of a roll. Curling of the printing paper wound in the roll form occurs when the thermal printer is placed in its standby mode over more than a predetermined period of time while the printing paper is held between a platen roller and a thermal head. In order to prevent curling of the printing paper, the printing paper is rewound when the standby mode lasts over more than the predetermined period of time.

Thermal printer

An image printing method and system. Information of printing paper size, image size to be printed and printing position is inputted by user. On the basis of the information, a control circuit determines the number of data to be printed in the primary scanning direction as well as the number of data for blanks at both sides and additionally determines the number of lines for printing in the secondary scanning direction as well as line numbers for processing and succeeding blanks. In the primary scanning, the data to be printed is supplied to a thermal head together with the data for the blanks. In the secondary scanning, a printing sheet is transported idly for the blank portions. The thermal head is electrically energized in the printing portion for printing the image at a predetermined position on the printing paper.

Image printing method and system

A thermal transfer printer including a thermal head for generating heat in accordance with a desired print pattern, a platen having a surface for supporting an ink-sheet and paper, the ink-sheet and paper being pressed by the thermal head on the platen surface so that ink from the ink-sheet is transferred to the paper, a paper supply for storing and supplying paper, an ink-sheet supply and drive for storing and supplying an ink-sheet, the ink-sheet supply and drive driving the ink-sheet to move in accordance with the movement of the paper, a paper drive arranged between the platen and the paper supply, the paper drive driving the paper by the required length according to the position of the paper relative to the position of the platen, and a paper tension device for applying suitable tension to the paper at least between the platen and the paper drive so that the length by which the paper drive drives the paper is identical with the length by which the paper moves on the platen. Since the length by which the paper moves on the platen corresponds only to the length by which the paper drive drives the paper, the length by which the paper moves on the platen can be correctly controlled through the paper drive.

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Yasuhiro Matsuda