Electromagnetic actuator for voice coil
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorYuji Inouye
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Abstract
An electromagnetic actuator for linear driving of movable heads of a magnetic disc unit in an information processing system. A plurality of slits or plates are provided with a magnetic pole inscribed directly on the internal surface of a permanent magnet, and increase magnetic reluctance of the magnetic path and reduce inductance of a moving coil, thus providing shorter positioning time and stable control. In order to obtain the constant strength of magnetic flux and/or torque of a moving coil, said slits or plates have a particular structure.
Claims6
A voice coil motor having a yoke with a bottom plate, side wall and a center core made of ferromagnetic material, a permanent magnet made of ferrite material magnetized in direction through said side wall and a center core, and inscribed on the internal surface of said yoke, a gap space between said center core and permanent magnet, and a moving coil movably positioned in said gap space, which is characterized in further comprising a magnetic pole inscribed directly on the internal surface of said magnet, said magnetic pole comprising a plurality of magnetically disconnected plates of ferromagnetic material with a center circular hole, the ratio of the thickness of each said plate to the length between said plates is in the range from 0.4 to 1.0.
A voice coil motor having a yoke with a bottom plate, side wall and a center core made of ferromagnetic material, a permanent magnet made of ferrite material magnetized in direction through said side wall and a center core, and inscribed on the internal surface of said yoke, a gap space between said center core and permanent magnet, and a moving coil movably positioned in said gap space, which is characterized in further comprising a magnetic pole inscribed directly on the internal surface of said magnet, said magnetic pole comprising a plurality of magnetically disconnected plates of ferromagnetic material with a center circular hole, the width of said gap space at the middle point along the axis of said gap space is larger than that at the end points along said axis of said gap space.
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