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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles M Sander, Jr, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
MiniScribe Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 741 ; 360 75 ;
Abstract
The head assembly of a disc drive device is retracted upon the interruption of power to that device by utilizing the emf that is generated by the disc drive spindle motor as a result of the rotation of that motor following power interruption. Then, after a delay sufficient to allow the head assembly time to retract, the spindle motor is dynamically braked. Dynamic braking is achieved by utilizing a voltage to which a capacitor has been charged during normal operation to energize switching elements which effectively short circuit the motor windings.