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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Akio Takada, Singapore, SG;
Ching Biing Yeo, Singapore, SG;
Kanzo Okada, Singapore, SG;
Shun Kayama, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Akio Takada, Singapore, SG;
Ching Biing Yeo, Singapore, SG;
Kanzo Okada, Singapore, SG;
Shun Kayama, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing hard disk drives of reduced size including using a one or more MEMS spindle motors, and one or more magnetic heads. Each spindle motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor carries a film of magnetic film, and a head is arranged to communicate data with the magnetic film. The rotors are formed by MEMS technology. Rotor elements are formed within a substrate, and the substrate is subsequently cut to simulate the rotor elements, and turn them into rotors.