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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shoji Takahashi, Hanno, JP;
Katsuhiko Fujinuma, Higashikurume, JP;
Tomoshige Inuyama, Hino, JP;
Maki Wakita, Sayama, JP;
Katsutoshi Mukaijima, Higashikurume, JP;
Akinobu Iwako, Iruma, JP;
Assignee:
Iomega Corporation, Roy, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/700 ;
Abstract
When a lower head ( ) mounted on a lower head arm ( ) is in a standby position permitting no access to a magnetic recording disk ( ), the lower head arm ( ) is housed in an opening ( ) formed in a frame plate ( ). Thus, the lower head arm ( ) and another (upper) head arm ( ) may maintain a predetermined distance even in a card-type magnetic recording device of small thickness. An electromagnetic shield material is adhered to the opening to protect the heads ( ).