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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Makoto Miyazaki, Gunma, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11R 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11R 2/116 ;
Abstract
In a magnetic disk drive, a head carriage assembly includes a slider which is directly adhered to a carriage. The assembly, therefore, needs a minimum of constituent parts and a minimum of assembling steps. The absence of a conventional metal plate reduces the thickness of the assembly and, therefore, the overall thickness of the disk drive. The weight of the assembly is reduced in the front part of the carriage. This successfully reduces a period of time necessary for an overshoot and vibration occurring during seek due to a drive motor to attenuate, thereby reducing the reading time and writing time.