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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Takako Hayakawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shigeo Nakamura, Odawara, JP;
Kouki Uefune, Odawara, JP;
Yuji Fujita, Yokohama, JP;
Takako Hayakawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shigeo Nakamura, Odawara, JP;
Kouki Uefune, Odawara, JP;
Yuji Fujita, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A technique of connection between VCM system wires and a FPC of a disk drive is improved in the following manner to enable miniaturization and thinning of the disk drive and reduction in cost. There is provided a disk drive comprising a disk-shaped medium for recording information, an actuator on which a head for recording/reproducing information is mounted, a VCM for driving the actuator, a coil holder supporting a coil of the VCM, a FPC for transmitting a signal, which is read by the head, and a signal to the VCM, a cut groove formed on a side of the coil holder, ends of coil lead wires and an end of a ground wire, which are arranged in the cut groove, and an end of the FPC inserted into the cut groove to thereby be connected to the ends of the coil lead wires and the end of ground wire.