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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akihiro Isomura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360106 ; 360105 ; 360 9906 ;
Abstract
A disk drive device comprises a base member, a disk drive motor mounted on the base member to drive date storage medium, a carriage means mounting at least a head for reading data stored on the medium and movable steplessly between first and second positions and a linear actuator for moving the carriage means to a predetermined position between the first and second positions. The carriage means can be kept immovable when the linear actuator is left inoperative.