US 11,682,825 B2
Disk device having an antenna provided in a housing thereof
Jia Liu, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP); Taichi Okano, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP); Kota Tokuda, Fujisawa Kanagawa (JP); and Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,616.
Application 17/725,616 is a continuation of application No. 17/197,722, filed on Mar. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,342,650.
Claims priority of application No. JP2020-129080 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247064 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G11B 33/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G11B 33/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11B 19/02 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/2258 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0676 (2013.01); G11B 33/022 (2013.01); G11B 33/122 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); G11B 19/02 (2013.01); G11B 25/043 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disk device comprising:
a housing comprising a sidewall, the sidewall having a first through-hole formed therethrough;
a magnetic disk rotatably disposed in the housing and surrounded by the sidewall in a radial direction;
a flexible printed circuit electrically connected to the magnetic disk;
an insulator closing the first through-hole;
a wireless communication device comprising a first communication antenna, the wireless communication device being provided inside the housing; and
a control board electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit,
wherein:
the control board is supplied with power from outside of the housing via a first connector,
the control board is configured to receive a write command or a read command via the first communication antenna,
the control board comprises an outer surface exposed to the outside of the housing, and
the first connector is mounted on the outer surface of the control board.