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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Kazuo Yokoyama, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yousuke Irie, Nara, JP;
Hideki Kuwajima, Kyoto, JP;
Kenichi Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Matsuoka, Osaka, JP;
Isaku Kanno, Nara, JP;
Satoru Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Yokoyama, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yousuke Irie, Nara, JP;
Hideki Kuwajima, Kyoto, JP;
Kenichi Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Matsuoka, Osaka, JP;
Isaku Kanno, Nara, JP;
Satoru Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A head support mechanism includes a head and a slider for carrying the head, the head being caused to track by main driver, wherein the head support mechanism further includes sub-driving device including a thin film and causing the head to have a micro-movement; and the sub-driving device causes the head to have a micro-movement by utilizing flexural deformation of the thin film.