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Patent No.:

US 7212371 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2005
Applicants:

Yukio Abe, Kawasaki, JP;

Shunji Saitou, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoshifumi Obara, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Yukio Abe, Kawasaki, JP;

Shunji Saitou, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoshifumi Obara, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A storage device, which comprises a storage media, a spindle motor which spins the storage media, a head unit which records and reads the data to the storage media, an actuator which carries out the positioning operation to the head unit on the storage media, a loading and unloading system which controls the actuator and carries out the unload operation that withdraws the head unit from the storage media and the loading operation that shifts the head unit onto the storage media, and a measurement means which measures the unloading energy required for the unload operation.


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