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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Takaaki Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mutsuro Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mutsuro Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide achieve an increase of storage capacity and thinning down of a disk drive by reducing effects from an error in an assembly position of a ramp. A data storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a head, a ramp, a load beam, and an actuator. The ramp includes a portion onto which the head is retracted from a surface of a medium. The load beam includes a head support portion that supports the head and a tab disposed more on the side of a leading end than the head support portion. The tab has a leading end that slides over, while being in contact with, a sliding surface of the ramp. The actuator includes the load beam and loads and unloads the head.