Disk unit with a device to divert leads from the head
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsToshiyuki Hachiya, Kazunori Tochiyama
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Abstract
In a disk unit containing in a predesignated size, an arm, read/write heads secured to an end of arm, a printed circuit board, and leads connecting read/write heads to the printed circuit board, the disk unit of the present invention is realized by: employing a straight-type arm in place of a conventional dog-leg shaped arm; providing a structure for mounting a printed circuit board on a side of the disk unit where a space is made by employing the straight-type arm; moving a printed circuit board conventionally mounted above the disks to the above-mentioned space, thus evacuating the upper part of the disks; and providing additional disks in the above-mentioned evacuated upper part of the disks to increase storage capacity of a disk unit.
Claims8
A disk unit comprising:
- a disk having a rotational axis thereof;
- a read/write head, positioned onto said disk, for reading information out and/or writing information on said disk;
- an arm, connected at one end to a rotational axis and at the other end to said readwrite head, for rotating said read/write head to a desired position of said disk;
- a printed circuit board;
- a flexible printed circuit board connecting said read/write head to said printed circuit board, said flexible printed circuit board having a first position extending along said arm and a second position extending away from said arm to said printed circuit board;
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- diverting means, connected to said arm, for changing said flexible printed circuit board from the first position to the second position and for changing a route the second position follows.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.