| US 7,468,868 B2 | ||
| Rotary disk storage device | ||
| Takao Suzuki, Kanagawa (Japan); Kohichi Takeuchi, Kanagawa (Japan); Naoaki Kanada, Kanagawa (Japan); and Ichiro Koyanagi, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., AZ Amsterdam (Netherlands) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/821,483. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-155284 (JP), filed on May 30, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0240120 A1, Dec. 02, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 5/55 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—265.1 | 14 Claims |
| 1. A rotary disk storage device comprising:
a housing;
a rotary disk recording medium, said rotary disk recording medium having a data area and being rotatable about a spindle shaft
supported by a bottom of said housing;
a slider to which a head is attached to read data from said rotary disk recording medium;
a suspension assembly to which said slider is attached;
an actuator assembly to which said suspension assembly is attached, said actuator assembly including a first arm and a second
arm and being adapted to turn about a pivot shaft so that said head moves between said data area and a retraction area, said
pivot shaft being supported by the bottom of said housing;
a stopper including an elastic member, said elastic member being cantilevered by a support rod and with a magnetic material
embedded therein for attracting said actuator assembly, the elastic member configured to engage said first arm and said second
arm; and
a swivel stop abutted against an outer surface of said elastic member, said swivel stop being disposed in such a position
as prevents rotation of the elastic member centered on a support point of said stopper;
wherein, when either said first arm or said second arm of said actuator assembly comes into abutment against said elastic
member, the elastic member undergoes a moment of force so as to restrict an excessive movement of said actuator assembly to
an inner or an outer side, and cushions said abutment.
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