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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
Takeshi Okutomi, Ome, JP;
Hideyuki Miyazaki, Ome, JP;
Takeshi Okutomi, Ome, JP;
Hideyuki Miyazaki, Ome, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a disk drive apparatus includes a case, a disk-shaped recording medium, a drive motor, a head, a head actuator, and a latch mechanism configured to latch the head actuator and hold the head actuator at a retracted position when the head actuator receives an external force. A latch member of the latch mechanism is arranged to be movable between a latch position and a release position and has an abutment portion, which abuts the head actuator when the head actuator moves from the information processing position to the retracted position, and a latch claw which latches the head actuator. The abutment portion has a first abutment portion, which abuts the head actuator first, and a second abutment portion, which abuts the head actuator following the first abutment portion, and the first abutment portion being formed less rigid than the second abutment portion.