Patent ID: 7911729
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information storage apparatus comprising: a housing; a recording medium that is disposed in the housing and allows information to be recorded thereon; a head that performs at least one of information reproduction and information recording on the recording medium while being in contact with or being close to a surface of the recording medium; a head holding member that is disposed in the housing, holds the head, is rotatable about a predetermined axis, and moves the head along the recording medium by rotating about the axis; a driving section that drives the head holding member to rotate about the axis; a rotation restricting member that is disposed in a position where the head holding member collides with the rotation restricting member by rotating about the axis, and that restricts a rotation area of the head holding member; a temperature change detecting section that detects temperature change in the housing; and a drive controlling section that causes the driving section to drive the head holding member to collide with the rotation restricting member, when a detection result by the temperature change detecting section indicates temperature change reaching a predetermined change range.