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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Toshio Kazama, Niigata-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnet head device capable of minimizing the sway of a head body in a direction parallel to a front surface of a recording medium, and which allows easy application of a pressing force to press the head body into contact with the front surface of the recording medium. In one embodiment of the invention, the magnetic head comprises a carriage having a main body extending over a recording medium, an elastically deformable support member connected to the bent portion of the carriage, and a head body installed to the support member. The support member may be fixed in surface-contact with the bent portion of the carriage and bent at a surface where the support member is fixed to the bent portion and extends along the recording medium. In one embodiment, the corner of the bend of the support member provides the support point of connection.