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34results about "Apparatus for flat record carriers" patented technology

Disk device with filters arranged in filter unit configurations

ActiveUS12456498B2Apparatus for flat record carriersCarrier coversInterior spaceDisks (device)
According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a magnetic disk, a housing, a first filter unit, and a second filter unit. The housing is provided with an internal space and is provided with a first through hole. The first filter unit includes a first case with a first accommodation space which is in communication with the first through hole, a first adsorbent in the first accommodation space, and a first filter. The first accommodation space is in communication with the internal space through the first filter. The second filter unit includes a second case with a second accommodation space which is separated from the first accommodation space, a second adsorbent in the second accommodation space, and a second filter. The second accommodation space is in communication with the internal space through the second filter.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Disk device with wiring board on outer surface of housing and connected to motor and sealing configuration

ActiveUS12525259B2Apparatus for flat record carriersCarrier constructional parts dispositionCircular discDisks (device)
According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing with a bottom wall, magnetic disks supported on a hub of a motor, a printed circuit board provided on an outer surface of the bottom wall, and a wiring board attached on the outer surface of the bottom wall. The bottom wall includes a recess formed in the outer surface, a step located on border between the outer surface and the recess, and through holes opened to the recess. The wiring board includes one end portion disposed in the recess and connection pads on the one end portion, connected to lead wires of a coil. An adhesive is filled into the recess and the through holes, and covers the one end and a solder joint and seals the through holes.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Disk device and its cover

ActiveJP7779681B2Apparatus for flat record carriersCarrier constructional parts disposition
To provide a disc device capable of suppressing influence of external noise.SOLUTION: A disc device 1 includes: a base 17 of a housing 3 which stores a disc 9 of the disc device 1; a first cover 19 which is fitted on the base 17 and closes a first space part 23 storing the disc 9 in the housing 3; a second cover 21 which is fitted on the base 17 outside of the first cover 19; and a gasket 25 which is interposed between one or both of the first cover 19 and the second cover 21 and the base 17. The one or both of the first cover 19 and the second cover 21 are resin parts which are at least partially composed of resin in a plan view.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:NHK SPRING CO LTD

Magnetic recording device and magnetic recording system

ActiveJP7863058B2Apparatus for flat record carriersManufacture head surfaceCondensed matter physicsMaterials science
To provide a magnetic recording device capable of stable recording operation.SOLUTION: A magnetic recording device 150 includes a magnetic recording medium group 20 and a magnetic head group 30. The magnetic recording medium group includes a first magnetic recording medium 21; a plurality of second magnetic recording media 22; and a plurality of third magnetic recording media 23. The magnetic head group includes a first magnetic head 31; a plurality of second magnetic heads 32; and a plurality of third magnetic heads 33. The first magnetic head can record data in the first magnetic recording medium by a first method. The plurality of second magnetic heads can record data in the plurality of second magnetic recording media by a second method. The plurality of third magnetic heads can record data in the plurality of third magnetic recording media by the second method. The first magnetic recording medium is provided between the plurality of second magnetic recording media and the plurality of third magnetic recording media in a first direction D1. The other magnetic recording medium in which the data is recorded by the first method does not overlap with the magnetic recording medium group in the first direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:KK TOSHIBA

Heat-assisted magnetic recording hard disk drive with a thermally processed top cover

A hard disk drive includes a heat-assisted magnetic recording head and an enclosure. The enclosure is configured to contain the heat-assisted magnetic recording head and other components of the hard disk drive. The enclosure includes a base and a thermally processed top cover including a thermally oxidized interior surface. Preferably, a composition of the thermally oxidized surface of the thermally processed top cover comprises at least 5 percent oxygen. More preferably, an average oxidation depth of the thermally oxidized surface of the thermally processed top cover is at least 8 nanometers.
Owner:SEAGATE TECH LLC

Magnetic disk device with desiccant units mounted to inner and outer covers

ActiveUS12640170B2Apparatus for flat record carriersCarrier coversCircular discInterior space
A magnetic disk device according to an embodiment includes a housing in which a base, an inner cover provided with a first through-hole, and an outer cover are combined in this order and hermetically sealed, a magnetic disk that is stored in the housing, a first desiccant unit that is provided at the inner cover to face the base at a position away from the base, and a second desiccant unit that is provided at the outer cover and inserted into an internal space of the housing through the first through-hole provided in the inner cover to face the base at a position away from the base.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Disk device

ActiveCN115132234BApparatus for flat record carriersCarrier constructional parts dispositionRotational axisDisks (device)
An embodiment provides a disk device capable of suppressing a decrease in the positioning accuracy of a magnetic head relative to a recording medium. The disk device of one embodiment includes a plurality of recording media, a plurality of magnetic heads, a spoiler, and a housing. The recording media each have a recording surface, are rotatable around a rotation axis extending in an axial direction intersecting the recording surface, and are arranged in the axial direction. The magnetic head is configured to read and write information to the plurality of recording media. The spoiler includes a plurality of first blades located in a plurality of gaps provided between the plurality of recording media. The housing is provided with an inner chamber for accommodating the plurality of recording media, the plurality of magnetic heads, and the spoiler. The number of the plurality of first blades is less than the number of the plurality of gaps.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Devices and methods for generating oxygen from residual humidity within sealed enclosures

ActiveUS12505865B1Apparatus for flat record carriersRecord information storageHard disc driveElectrolysis
Provided are devices, and methods for use with devices, that generate oxygen from residual humidity within a sealed enclosure that is filled primarily with an inert gas. A PEM electrolyzer that is configured to generate oxygen from residual humidity is situated within the sealed enclosure. The PEM electrolyzer includes a PE membrane disposed between an anode and a cathode, and further includes a hydrogen getter. The hydrogen getter helps the PEM electrolyzer to be a net producer of oxygen. Exemplary sealed enclosure devices include hard disk drives such as HAMR hard drives filled primarily with helium.
Owner:SEAGATE TECH LLC

Variable height media and spacer combination

PendingUS20260105933A1Apparatus for flat record carriersRecord information storage
An assembly includes a data storage disk and a spacer ring. The data storage disk includes a disk surface and first and second disk steps. The disk surface defines a x-y plane and includes a plurality of data tracks surrounding a first central opening. The first disk step is disposed proximate the first central opening at a first disk step level measured in a z direction from the disk surface. The second disk step is disposed proximate the first central opening at a second disk step level that is different from the first disk step level. The spacer ring includes a ring surface and first and second ring steps. The ring surface surrounds a second central opening. The first and second ring steps are disposed proximate the second central opening at first and second ring step levels, respectively. In the assembly, the disk surface faces the ring surface.
Owner:SEAGATE TECH LLC

Semi-hard magnetic powder having high value of color and method for synthesizing the same

PendingJP2025163047AApparatus for flat record carriersMagnetic paints
To provide a semi-hard magnetic white powder having properties suitable for use as a security pigment, such as a magnetic powder contained in magnetic ink used in MICR.SOLUTION: Provided is a white powder having a titanium oxide film and a silver metal film disposed, in this order, on the surface of base particles formed from an alnico alloy that is a semi-hard magnet.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:NITTETABU MINING CORP

Magnetic head and card reader

PendingJP2025123611AApparatus for flat record carriersManufacture head surfaceCard readerMechanical engineering
To provide a magnetic head and a card reader capable of reducing spacing loss caused by core wear.SOLUTION: A magnetic head 8 includes a core 14 on which a magnetic gap 8b is formed, and a first wear suppression unit 18 and a second wear suppression unit 19 for suppressing wear of the core 14. In the magnetic head 8, the magnetic gap 8b is arranged between the first wear suppression unit 18 and the second wear suppression unit 19. Further, in the magnetic head 8, the degree of hardness of the first wear suppression unit 18 is higher than the degree of hardness of the core 14, and the degree of hardness of the second wear suppression unit 19 is higher than the degree of hardness of the first wear suppression unit 18.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Owner:NIDEC INSTR CORP

Hard disk drive

PendingUS20250384898A1Apparatus for flat record carriersBase layers for recording layersHard disc driveMechanical engineering
A hard disk drive includes ten or more magnetic disks, and an annular spacer. The annular space includes two main surfaces, an inner circumferential surface, an outer circumferential surface, and a chamfered surface present between the outer circumferential surface and each of the two main surfaces. The annular spacer is disposed such that one of the two main surfaces is in contact with one of the ten or more magnetic disks. At least one main surface of the two main surfaces includes an inclined region, and the inclined region is inclined in an outer circumferential region of the at least one main surface toward a boundary between the at least one main surface and the chamfered surface such that a surface height of the spacer gradually decreases toward the boundary.
Owner:HOYA CORPORATION

Magnetic disk device

PendingCN121662097AApparatus for flat record carriersUndesired vibrations/sounds insulation/absorptionRotational axisShock absorber
The embodiment of the invention relates to a magnetic disk device. A magnetic disk device according to an embodiment includes a rotating shaft, a shroud, and a damper. The rotating shaft rotates the plurality of discs. The shield surrounds at least a portion of the disc so as to be spaced apart from the outer edge of the disc and along the outer edge of the disc. The damper is disposed on a downstream side of the shroud with respect to a flow between the disks induced by rotation of the disks, and has a portion intersecting the flow and a portion along the flow.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Base plate with metal member embedded in the peripheral wall part, motor, and disk driving device having the same

ActiveUS12361976B2Apparatus for flat record carriersCarrier constructional parts dispositionRotational axisPhysics
A base plate is a portion of a housing of a disk driving device having a disk rotating with a rotation axis as a center, and is a cast product. The base plate has a bottom plate part and a peripheral wall part. The bottom plate part has a rectangular shape when viewed in an axial direction. The peripheral wall part extends from an outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate part toward a side of the axial direction to surround the periphery of the bottom plate part. A metal member embedded in the peripheral wall part is provided.
Owner:NIDEC CORP(JP)

Head health monitor triggered data field integrity check

Read and write transducer elements have very high reliability for most of their respective lives. Only a small percentage of transducer elements fail after a significant duration of operation in the field, but failure rate ramps up significantly with as the transducer elements age, particularly with heavy read and write use. Prior solutions to this problem involve regularly running data field integrity checks. However, the data field integrity checks are resource intensive and yield significant latency impacts. The presently disclosed technology renders data field integrity checks (that come with high latency costs) dependent upon periodic or continuous head health monitoring schemes (that come with low latency costs). The data field integrity checks are triggered by a “poor health” signal generating from the head health monitoring schemes rather than being continuously or periodically performed with no regard to projected head health.
Owner:SEAGATE TECH LLC

Embedded gasket base of hard disk drive

ActiveJP2025144509ACarrier constructional parts dispositionApparatus for flat record carriers
To provide a method for directly embedding a gasket seal in particular into a base plate for the purpose of providing a larger disc storage region in a hard disk drive and also to provide an enclosure base.SOLUTION: A base plate (enclosure base plate) 500 of a hard disk drive includes: a groove 504 that extends from an inner side wall surface 502a into a side wall 502; and a gasket seal 512 embedded in the groove. In a context where a diameter of a recording disk 520-1 gradually becomes larger, a corresponding disk shroud expands, and a corresponding side wall of the base plate becomes narrower, such a base plate is configured such that a first cover 510 can be physically engaged with a portion of the embedded gasket seal extending inward away from the side wall surface, whereby a favorable sealing mechanism is provided.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5A
Owner:WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC

Disk device with cover damping configuration

ActiveUS12367908B2Disposition/mounting of recording headsApparatus for flat record carriersDisks (device)Classical mechanics
A disk device according to one embodiment includes a base, a first cover, a second cover, and a damper. The base includes a bottom surface, a side wall protruding in a first direction from the bottom surface, and a support surface located at an end of the side wall in the first direction. The first cover is attached to the base to close the inner space. The second cover is joined to the base while being supported by the support surface, to cover the first cover. The damper includes a constrained layer in-between the first cover and the second cover and a viscoelastic material between the first cover and the constrained layer. The constrained layer includes a smaller-thickness part extending along the support surface and a larger-thickness part connected to the smaller-thickness part.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Modular architecture for hard disk drive storage system

PendingUS20260080907A1Carrier constructional parts dispositionApparatus for flat record carriersHard disc driveModularity
A modular data storage system includes a shared main PCB comprising at least one system controller, configured to operate with multiple stacked storage devices, such as modified hard disk drives in which most of the drive-unique components are kept on each drive. Each storage device is mechanically and electrically connected with the main PCB at or near an end of the storage device, and the controller is centrally positioned on the main PCB so that the total electrical transmission line length between the storage devices and the controller circuitry is minimized. Further, the controller circuitry may be positioned on the main PCB so that each electrical transmission line length between a respective storage device and the controller circuitry is substantially equivalent. Signal integrity is significantly simplified for high-speed interfaces and shorter interconnects help meet timing requirement for low-speed interfaces.
Owner:WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC

Disk device and ramp

ActiveUS12488808B2Apparatus for flat record carriersMounting/attachment of transducer headDisks (device)Mechanical engineering
A disk device according to an embodiment includes head gimbal assemblies, a ramp, and magnetic disks. The ramp has a wall and protrusions arranged in an axial direction with a gap. Each of the protrusions includes a first surface facing the gap, a second surface located opposite to the first surface, a side surface, and a limiter protruding from the side surface. Each of the first surface and the second surface includes a first inclined region, a first flat region, and a first middle region located between the first inclined region and the first flat region. The limiter is located between two first flat regions. A width between two first middle regions is less than or equal to a width between the two first flat regions and is at least partially shorter than the width between the two first flat regions.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Manufacturing method for magnetic disk device and magnetic disk device

PendingJP2025110590AApparatus for flat record carriersCarrier constructional parts disposition
To provide a manufacturing method for a magnetic disk device and a magnetic disk device to ensure the design margin of the magnetic disk device.SOLUTION: A manufacturing method for a magnetic disk device according to the embodiment includes: adjusting relative heights of a spindle that can rotate and align central axes of a plurality of magnetic disks, whose ends are shifted from a geometric plane as a basis of a center point, and a plurality of ramps that will be respectively positioned at the end points of the plurality of magnetic disks; and assembling the plurality of magnetic disks along the axial direction of the spindle by aligning the shifted direction of the ends from the center point.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Disk apparatus having a shock absorber between a housing of the disk apparatus and a protective cover for the disk apparatus

ActiveUS12456497B2Apparatus for flat record carriersCarrier constructional parts dispositionCircular discShock absorber
A disk apparatus includes a housing including a base, the base including a bottom wall and a frame-like side wall standing upright along peripheral edges of the bottom wall, and a top cover joined to the base, a rotatable disk-shaped recording medium disposed in the housing, a protective cover including a top plate secured to the top cover and a side plate facing one side surface of the base, and a shock absorber sandwiched between the side plate and the one side surface of the base.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Disk device

InactiveUS20260038534A1Arm with optical waveguideApparatus for flat record carriersCircular discDisks (device)
According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing filled with a low density gas containing oxygen and having a density lower than a density of air, a disk-shaped recording medium provided in the housing to be rotatable, a spindle motor provided in the housing and supporting and rotating the recording medium, and a magnetic head including a heat assist element which heats the recording medium. A surface of magnet of the spindle motor is covered with a shielding film blocking oxygen permeation.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Disk device

ActiveUS12603106B2Apparatus for flat record carriersDriving/moving recording headsCircular discDisks (device)
According to one embodiment, a disk device includes two magnetic disks opposing each other at intervals of 1.2 to 1.5 mm, and at least two suspension assemblies movable respectively between the two magnetic disks. Each of the suspension assemblies includes a base plate, a load beam extending from the base plate, a tab extending from a distal end of the load beam, a wiring member on the load beam and the base plate, including a gimbal portion, and a magnetic head on the gimbal portion, abutting on a dimple of the load beam via the gimbal portion. The ratio of a distance from a bendable location of the load beam to a center of the dimple with respect to a distance from the center of the dimple to a tip of the tab is 2.8 to 3.8.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1

Hard disk drive embedded gasket base

ActiveJP7813858B2Carrier constructional parts dispositionApparatus for flat record carriers
To provide a method for directly embedding a gasket seal in particular into a base plate for the purpose of providing a larger disc storage region in a hard disk drive and also to provide an enclosure base.SOLUTION: A base plate (enclosure base plate) 500 of a hard disk drive includes: a groove 504 that extends from an inner side wall surface 502a into a side wall 502; and a gasket seal 512 embedded in the groove. In a context where a diameter of a recording disk 520-1 gradually becomes larger, a corresponding disk shroud expands, and a corresponding side wall of the base plate becomes narrower, such a base plate is configured such that a first cover 510 can be physically engaged with a portion of the embedded gasket seal extending inward away from the side wall surface, whereby a favorable sealing mechanism is provided.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5A
Owner:WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC

disc device

ActiveCN116798459BApparatus for flat record carriersRecord information storage
The present disclosure provides a disk device capable of increasing storage capacity per unit volume. A disk device of one embodiment includes a plurality of disks, a spindle motor, and a housing. The disks have recording surfaces and are arranged at intervals from each other in an axial direction intersecting the recording surfaces. The spindle motor holds the disks so that the disks rotate around a first rotation axis extending in the axial direction. The housing has a first wall in which the spindle motor is installed and which is separated from the disks in the axial direction, a second wall provided to an outer surface of the first wall and protruding from the first wall and surrounding the disks. A maximum distance between the inner surface and the outer surface in the axial direction is 1.5% or more and 8% or less of a maximum dimension of the housing in the axial direction.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1