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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Takaaki Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mutsuro Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Taichi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mutsuro Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Taichi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to suppressing deterioration in rigidity and dynamic characteristics of a tab even when an initial point of contact between a tab and a ramp during unloading is set closer to the outer periphery of a disk. A data storage device in one embodiment of the present invention includes a head, a ramp for unloading the head, a load beam having a head support portion for supporting the head and a tab adapted to slide on a sliding surface of the ramp on a front end side with respect to the head support portion, and an actuator having the load beam and adapted to actuate the head for loading and unloading. During unloading, a portion of the tab offset from the center in the transverse direction of the tab first comes into contact with the sliding surface of the ramp. The load beam has a flange formed to be bent and continuously from the front end portion of the tab up to both ends of the head support portion.