Patent ID: 7219357
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk apparatus comprising: a head that reads information from a disk; a guiding rod that movably supports and guides the head; and a height adjustment portion that is rotatably formed on a base for adjusting the height of the guiding rod, wherein the height adjustment portion includes a height adjustment earn for sandwiching the guiding rod; wherein the height adjustment cam includes first and second flange portions, wherein the distance between the first and second flange portions is constant; and wherein the first and second flange portions partly encompass the height adjustment portion in a circumferential direction of the height adjustment portion; and wherein a part of the height adjustment portion not encompassed by the first and second flange portions, defines a partial circumferenual gap in the first and second flange portions through which the guiding rod is moveable in the direction of the axis of rotation of the height adjustment portion.