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US 5,396,379 AGranted
Apparatus and method for reducing effects of slip/stick in a disk drive head assembly
AssigneeMaxtor Corporation
InventorMike J. Mayo
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AssigneeMaxtor Corporation
InventorMike J. Mayo
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A disk storage system having a mechanism for minimizing effects of slip/stick in a disk drive head assembly. A transducer is used to read data from and write data to a rotating disk. An actuator assembly holds the transducer. The actuator assembly is comprised of a load member onto which a flexure is attached. A slider is mounted onto the flexure. The transducer is mounted onto the slider. In this manner, the transducer can pitch and roll to maintain a constant height in reference to the disk's surface. A servo mechanism controls the acceleration and deceleration of the head according to a predetermined seek profile specifying how the transducer is to be moved for a particular seek. As the transducer approaches the destination track, the profile calls for a sudden deceleration surge in order to compensate for misalignments occurring during the seek due to the flexure slipping laterally in reference to the load member and sticking in that position because of friction.
A disk storage system having a disk comprised of a plurality of tracks for storing digital data, comprising:
In a magnetic recording system having a magnetic medium comprising a plurality of tracks for storing binary information, a read/write means for reading binary information from and writing binary information to said magnetic medium, and a means for positioning said read/write means over a particular portion of said magnetic medium, a method of moving said read/write means from a starting track to a destination track and properly aligning said read/write means to a center of said destination track, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.