# US 10,373,651 B2 · Disk device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,373,651 B2 - Document ID: US10373651B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/908,796 - Filed: 2018-02-28 - Published: 2019-03-07 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-04 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation - Inventors: Yuki Sato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10373651B2 ## CPC - G11B 33/027: {Covers (G11B33/022 takes precedence; with means for guiding the record carrier G11B17/34)} - G11B 25/043: {using rotating discs} - G11B 33/02: Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon - G11B 33/022: {Cases} - G11B 33/025: {Portable cases} - G11B 33/12: Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules - G11B 33/121: {the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device} - G11B 33/125: {the apparatus comprising a plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. modular arrangements, arrays of disc drives} - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract A disk device includes a top cover and a disk medium with a recording surface. The top cover includes a center horizontal portion having a surface which extends from a center point of the disk medium along the recording surface to an outer peripheral portion, a curved portion having a surface which extends from the outer peripheral portion of the center horizontal portion in a direction away from the recording surface, and an outer horizontal portion having a surface which extends from the curved portion in a direction away from the center point and along the recording surface. The recording surface includes a first zone in which data is set to be written, and a second zone in which data is set not to be written, the second zone being disposed adjacent to the first zone on an outer edge side of the disk medium from the first zone. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A disk device comprising: a disk medium having a recording surface; a ramp member in close proximity to the disk medium; and a top cover comprising a first portion extending along the recording surface, a second portion having a curved shape and continuous from the first portion toward a periphery of the top cover, and a third portion continuous from the second portion toward the periphery of the top cover and extending in a direction along the recording surface, wherein the recording surface comprises a first zone in which data is set to be written, and a second zone in which data is set not to be written, the second zone being at an outer edge of the disk medium, the first portion of the top cover faces the first zone and at least a part of the second zone of the recording surface, at least a part of the second zone from the outer edge of the disk medium corresponds to a position at which the ramp member overlaps the recording surface when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the recording surface, and the first portion includes a recess at a position opposite to the ramp member across a center region of the disk medium. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the second portion of the top cover is formed via a coining process. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the recess is near a boundary with the second portion and on a main surface of the top cover that is opposite to a surface of the top cover facing the disk medium. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the first portion includes: a first region having a first thickness; and a second region between the first region and the second portion and having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the recess is at a boundary with the second portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the recess is on a main surface of the top cover that is opposite to a surface of the top cover facing the disk medium. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The disk device according to claim 1, further comprising a buffer plate on a main surface of the top cover that is opposite to a surface of the first portion of the top cover facing the disk medium, the buffer plate extending along the main surface so that a top surface of the buffer plate has a height corresponding to the third portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the top cover has a thickness of 0.5 mm or more, and wherein an outer bending radius of the second portion is 1 mm or less. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the second portion of the top cover has a thickness of 0.5 mm or more. ### Claim 10 A disk device comprising: a disk medium having a recording surface; and a top cover comprising a first portion along the recording surface, a second portion having a curved shape and continuous from the first portion toward a periphery of the top cover, and a third portion continuous from the second portion toward the periphery of the top cover and extending in a direction along the recording surface, wherein the recording surface comprises a first zone in which data is set to be written, and a second zone in which data is set not to be written, the second zone being at an outer edge of the disk medium, the first portion of the top cover faces the first zone and at least a part of the second zone of the recording surface, the top cover has a thickness of 0.5 mm or more, and an outer bending radius of the second portion is 1 mm or less. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The disk device according to claim 10, wherein the second portion of the top cover is formed via a coining process. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The disk device according to claim 10, wherein the first portion of the top cover includes a recess near a boundary with the second portion and on a main surface of the top cover that is opposite to a surface of the top cover facing the disk medium. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The disk device according to claim 12, further comprising a ramp member in close proximity to the disk medium, wherein the recess is at a position opposite to the ramp member across a center region of the disk medium. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The disk device according to claim 13, further comprising a spoiler disposed in close proximity to the disk medium, wherein the first portion of the top cover further includes a second recess at a position opposite to the spoiler across the center region of the disk medium. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The disk device according to claim 10, wherein the first portion includes: a first region having a first thickness; and a second region between the first region and the second portion and having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The disk device according to claim 10, wherein the second portion of the top cover has a thickness of 0.5 mm or more. ### Claim 17 A disk device comprising: a disk medium having a recording surface; a spoiler in close proximity to the disk medium; and a top cover comprising a first portion extending along the recording surface, a second portion having a curved shape and continuous from the first portion toward a periphery of the top cover, and a third portion continuous from the second portion toward the periphery of the top cover and extending in a direction along the recording surface, wherein the first portion of the top cover further includes a recess at a position opposite to the spoiler across a center region of the disk medium, the recess being at a boundary with the curved second portion, on a main surface of the top cover that is opposite to a flat surface of the top cover facing the disk medium.