AU7298991A

AU7298991A – Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for a disk drive system
– Google Patents

AU7298991A – Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for a disk drive system
– Google Patents
Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for a disk drive system

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Publication number
AU7298991A

AU7298991A
AU72989/91A
AU7298991A
AU7298991A
AU 7298991 A
AU7298991 A
AU 7298991A
AU 72989/91 A
AU72989/91 A
AU 72989/91A
AU 7298991 A
AU7298991 A
AU 7298991A
AU 7298991 A
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AU 7298991A
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
disk drive
drive system
actuator assembly
air bearing
bearing actuator
Prior art date
1990-04-18
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Granted

Application number
AU72989/91A
Other versions

AU637885B2
(en

Inventor
Robert Bringhurst Watrous
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

International Business Machines Corp

Original Assignee
International Business Machines Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1990-04-18
Filing date
1991-03-18
Publication date
1991-10-24

1991-03-18
Application filed by International Business Machines Corp
filed
Critical
International Business Machines Corp

1991-10-24
Publication of AU7298991A
publication
Critical
patent/AU7298991A/en

1993-06-10
Application granted
granted
Critical

1993-06-10
Publication of AU637885B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU637885B2/en

2011-03-18
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

G—PHYSICS

G11—INFORMATION STORAGE

G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER

G11B21/00—Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing

G11B21/16—Supporting the heads; Supporting the sockets for plug-in heads

G11B21/20—Supporting the heads; Supporting the sockets for plug-in heads while the head is in operative position but stationary or permitting minor movements to follow irregularities in surface of record carrier

G11B21/21—Supporting the heads; Supporting the sockets for plug-in heads while the head is in operative position but stationary or permitting minor movements to follow irregularities in surface of record carrier with provision for maintaining desired spacing of head from record carrier, e.g. fluid-dynamic spacing, slider

G—PHYSICS

G11—INFORMATION STORAGE

G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER

G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor

G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed

G11B5/52—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with simultaneous movement of head and record carrier, e.g. rotation of head

G11B5/53—Disposition or mounting of heads on rotating support

AU72989/91A
1990-04-18
1991-03-18
Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for a disk drive system

Ceased

AU637885B2
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US07/510,484

US5148340A
(en)

1990-04-18
1990-04-18
Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for a disk drive system

US510484

1990-04-18

Publications (2)

Publication Number
Publication Date

AU7298991A
true

AU7298991A
(en)

1991-10-24

AU637885B2

AU637885B2
(en)

1993-06-10

Family
ID=24030931
Family Applications (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU72989/91A
Ceased

AU637885B2
(en)

1990-04-18
1991-03-18
Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for a disk drive system

Country Status (10)

Country
Link

US
(1)

US5148340A
(en)

EP
(1)

EP0453078B1
(en)

JP
(1)

JP2533248B2
(en)

KR
(1)

KR960013769B1
(en)

CN
(1)

CN1024711C
(en)

AU
(1)

AU637885B2
(en)

BR
(1)

BR9101512A
(en)

CA
(1)

CA2037707A1
(en)

DE
(1)

DE69109925D1
(en)

MY
(1)

MY105277A
(en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

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Publication date
Assignee
Title

US5325251A
(en)

*

1991-10-25
1994-06-28
Storage Technology Corporation
Planar actuators using low pressure air bearings and rolling flexure bearings

US5508864A
(en)

*

1994-10-18
1996-04-16
Iomega Corporation
Flexures which reduce friction in an actuator for a data storage device

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Assignee
Title

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Transducer positioning member having hydrostatic bearing supports

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Rca Corp
Transducing head mount apparatus

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(en)

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1977-12-16
1979-07-04
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Time annunciator in movie camera

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(en)

*

1978-07-21
1979-08-28
Daniels Kenneth M
Read/write head-positioning apparatus

US4167765A
(en)

*

1978-07-27
1979-09-11
International Business Machines Corporation
Transducer suspension mount apparatus

DE2846599A1
(en)

*

1978-10-26
1980-04-30
Basf Ag

DEVICE FOR POSITIONING LOW-SIZE ITEMS

US4620253A
(en)

*

1980-12-31
1986-10-28
International Business Machines Corporation
Low mass actuator system for magnetic recording disk

US4396966A
(en)

*

1980-12-31
1983-08-02
International Business Machines Corporation
Low mass actuator system for magnetic recording disks with half strength end poles

US4393425A
(en)

*

1981-03-30
1983-07-12
Disctron, Inc.
Linear head actuator

US4506307A
(en)

*

1981-11-10
1985-03-19
Ibm
Magnetic head slider and actuator assembly

US4450493A
(en)

*

1981-11-10
1984-05-22
International Business Machines Corporation
Magnetic head slider and actuator assembly

US4743987A
(en)

*

1982-02-26
1988-05-10
Atasi Corporation
Linear actuator for a memory storage apparatus

US4414594A
(en)

*

1982-02-26
1983-11-08
Atasi Corporation
Linear actuator for a memory storage apparatus

US4531169A
(en)

*

1982-03-01
1985-07-23
Daniels Kenneth M
Read/write head-positioning apparatus for a magnetic recording disk drive unit

DE3278433D1
(en)

*

1982-12-30
1988-06-09
Ibm

TUBULAR PNEUMODYNAMIC BEARING

US4545625A
(en)

*

1983-02-28
1985-10-08
International Business Machines Corporation
Prestressed cylindrical squeeze bearing member

EP0118278A1
(en)

*

1983-02-28
1984-09-12
International Business Machines Corporation
Squeeze bearing assemblies

US4533186A
(en)

*

1983-02-28
1985-08-06
International Business Machines Corporation
Cylindrical type squeeze bearing systems with bearing and driving elements attached in areas of maximum deflection

US4587714A
(en)

*

1983-07-12
1986-05-13
Memorex Corporation
Manufacture of motor with split back magnet array

JPS60108241A
(en)

*

1983-11-18
1985-06-13
Miyoutoku:Kk
Air sliding device

JPS617617U
(en)

*

1984-06-20
1986-01-17
エヌ・テ−・エヌ東洋ベアリング株式会社

hydrostatic slide

JPS6159669A
(en)

*

1984-08-30
1986-03-27
Toshiba Corp
Magnetic disk device

JPS61253679A
(en)

*

1985-05-07
1986-11-11
Toshiba Corp
Magnetic disk device

JPS63164080A
(en)

*

1986-12-26
1988-07-07
Toshiba Corp
Recording head driving device

JPH0211765A
(en)

*

1988-06-29
1990-01-16
Nippon Steel Corp
Method of determining sputtering depth, sputtering yield or sputtering rate of metallic sample by glow discharge

US4893205A
(en)

*

1988-07-18
1990-01-09
Seagate Technology, Inc.
Flexure mount for disc drives

1990

1990-04-18
US
US07/510,484
patent/US5148340A/en
not_active
Expired – Fee Related

1991

1991-03-06
EP
EP91301872A
patent/EP0453078B1/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1991-03-06
DE
DE69109925T
patent/DE69109925D1/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1991-03-07
CA
CA002037707A
patent/CA2037707A1/en
not_active
Abandoned

1991-03-14
JP
JP3103710A
patent/JP2533248B2/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1991-03-18
KR
KR1019910004216A
patent/KR960013769B1/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation

1991-03-18
AU
AU72989/91A
patent/AU637885B2/en
not_active
Ceased

1991-03-18
CN
CN91101625A
patent/CN1024711C/en
not_active
Expired – Fee Related

1991-03-18
MY
MYPI91000440A
patent/MY105277A/en
unknown

1991-04-15
BR
BR919101512A
patent/BR9101512A/en
unknown

Also Published As

Publication number
Publication date

EP0453078A3
(en)

1993-01-13

CA2037707A1
(en)

1991-10-19

EP0453078B1
(en)

1995-05-24

KR960013769B1
(en)

1996-10-10

CN1024711C
(en)

1994-05-25

EP0453078A2
(en)

1991-10-23

KR910018981A
(en)

1991-11-30

US5148340A
(en)

1992-09-15

DE69109925D1
(en)

1995-06-29

JPH04228154A
(en)

1992-08-18

MY105277A
(en)

1994-09-30

CN1055984A
(en)

1991-11-06

AU637885B2
(en)

1993-06-10

BR9101512A
(en)

1991-12-03

JP2533248B2
(en)

1996-09-11

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Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for a disk drive system

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