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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Teruo Shimazu, Atsugi, JP;
Toshiharu Shimizu, Machida, JP;
Yoshihide Majima, Hatano, JP;
Toshimitsu Itoh, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360106 ;
Abstract
A flexible disk drive includes a carriage spaced from a main frame and holding a magnetic head, a pair of guide bars for guiding the carriage, rubber dampers fixed on each of the guide bars at both axial end portions thereof, and a linear motor for moving the carriage in a given radial direction of a flexible disk. When the linear motor excessively in the carriage in the given radial direction, the rubber dampers work to stop the carriage in a manner so as to prevent a shock.