Disk device with ramps

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11749308-B2
Application number	US-202217683742-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2022
Priority date	Sep 22, 2021
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

A disk device includes magnetic disks, ramps, suspensions, and magnetic disks. The magnetic disks are arranged above a housing bottom and configured to be rotated around a first rotation axis. The ramps are arranged above the housing bottom. The suspensions are configured to be rotated around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis, The magnetic heads are mounted on the suspensions, respectively. Each of the suspensions is configured to be rotated around the second rotation axis from a first position above or below one of the magnetic disks to a second position on one of the ramps. The plurality of ramps includes a first ramp and a second ramp that is above the first ramp. An inner end of the second ramp is closer to the first rotation axis than is an inner end of the first ramp.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A disk device comprising:
a plurality of magnetic disks arranged above a housing bottom and configured to be rotated around a first rotation axis;
a plurality of ramps arranged above the housing bottom;
a plurality of suspensions configured to be rotated around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis;
a plurality of magnetic heads mounted on the suspensions, respectively, and configured to perform reading and writing with respect to the magnetic disks, wherein
each of the suspensions is configured to be rotated around the second rotation axis from a first position above or below one of the magnetic disks to a second position on one of the ramps,
the plurality of ramps includes a first ramp, a second ramp above the first ramp, and a third ramp above the second ramp, and
an inner end of the second ramp is closer to the first rotation axis than is an inner end of the first ramp, and an inner end of the third ramp is closer to the first rotation axis than the inner end of the second ramp.

2. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first ramp includes a first surface inclined with respect to a corresponding one of the magnetic disks by a first angle, and
the second ramp includes a second surface inclined with respect to a corresponding one of the magnetic disks by a second angle, the second angle being equal to the first angle.

3. The disk device according to claim 2 , wherein
an inner end of the second surface is closer to the first rotation axis than an inner end of the first surface, and
an outer end of the second surface is closer to the first rotation axis than an outer end of the first surface.

4. The disk device according to claim 2 , wherein a length of the first surface along a rotation direction of the suspensions is equal to a length of the second surface along the rotation direction.

5. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of magnetic heads includes a first magnetic head and a second magnetic head corresponding to the first ramp and the second ramp, respectively,
the first magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a first recording surface of one of the magnetic disks, and
the second magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a second recording surface of the one of the magnetic disks opposite to the first recording surface.

6. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of magnetic heads includes a first magnetic head and a second magnetic head corresponding to the first ramp and the second ramp, respectively,
the first magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a first one of the magnetic disks, and
the second magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a second one of the magnetic disks.

7. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first ramp includes a first surface inclined with respect to a corresponding one of the magnetic disks by a first angle,
the second ramp includes a second surface inclined with respect to a corresponding one of the magnetic disks by a second angle, the second angle being equal to the first angle, and
the third ramp includes a third surface inclined with respect to a corresponding one of the magnetic disks by a third angle, the third angle being equal to the first angle.

8. The disk device according to claim 7 , wherein
an inner end of the second surface is closer to the first rotation axis than an inner end of the first surface,
an outer end of the second surface is closer to the first rotation axis than an outer end of the first surface,
an inner end of the third surface is closer to the first rotation axis than the inner end of the second surface, and
an outer end of the third surface is closer to the first rotation axis than the outer end of the second surface.

9. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of magnetic heads includes a first magnetic head, a second magnetic head, and a third magnetic head corresponding to the first ramp, the second ramp, and the third ramp, respectively,
the first magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a first recording surface of a first one of the magnetic disks,
the second magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a second recording surface of the first one of the magnetic disks opposite to the first recording surface, and
the third magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a third recording surface of a second one of the magnetic disks.

10. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of magnetic heads includes a first magnetic head, a second magnetic head, and a third magnetic head corresponding to the first ramp, the second ramp, and the third ramp, respectively,
the first magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a first recording surface of a first one of the magnetic disks,
the second magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a second recording surface of a second one of the magnetic disks, and
the third magnetic head is configured to perform the reading and writing on a third recording surface of the second one of the magnetic disks opposite to the second recording surface.

11. A disk device comprising:
a plurality of magnetic disks configured to be rotated around a first rotation axis;
a first ramp, a second ramp, and a third ramp that are arranged above a housing bottom;
a first suspension, a second suspension, and a third suspension that are configured to be rotated around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis;
a first magnetic head, a second magnetic head, and a third magnetic head that are mounted on the first, second, and third suspensions, respectively, and configured to perform reading and writing with respect to first, second, and third recording surfaces of the magnetic disks, respectively, wherein
the first, second, and third suspensions are configured to be rotated about the second rotation axis from a first position adjacent to the magnetic disks, respectively, to a second position on the first, second, and third ramps, respectively,
the second ramp is above the first ramp, and the third ramp is above the second ramp, and
an inner end of the second ramp is closer to the first rotation axis than an inner end of the first ramp, and an inner end of the third ramp is closer to the first rotation axis than the inner end of the second ramp.

12. The disk device according to claim 11 , wherein
the first ramp includes a first surface inclined with respect to a corresponding one of the magnetic disks by a first angle, and
the second ramp includes a second surface inclined with respect to a corresponding one of the magnetic disks by a second angle, the second angle being equal to the first angle.

13. The disk device according to claim 12 , wherein
an inner end of the second surface is closer to the first rotation axis than an inner end of the first surface, and
an outer end of the second surface is closer to the first rotation axis than an outer end of the first surface.

14. The disk device according to claim 13 , wherein a length of the first surface along a rotation direction of the first and second suspensions is equal to a length of the second surface along the rotation direction.

15. The disk device according to claim 12 , wherein a length of the first surface along a rotation direction of the first and second suspensions is different from a length of the second surface along the rotation directi

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp

Inventors

• Kato Yasuhiko

Classifications

• G11B21/12 Primary

  Raising and lowering; Back-spacing or forward-spacing along track; Returning to starting position {otherwise than during transducing operation} · CPC title

• G11B5/4813 Primary

  Mounting or aligning of arm assemblies, e.g. actuator arm supported by bearings, multiple arm assemblies, arm stacks or multiple heads on single arm (G11B5/484 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B5/54

  with provision for moving the head into or out of its operative position or across tracks · CPC title

• G11B33/022

  Cases · CPC title

• G11B2220/21

  characterised in that the disc is of read-only, rewritable, or recordable type · CPC title