Patent ID: 6163439
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A head loading device in a hard disk drive, comprising:a plate having a guide groove of a predetermined length;a body having a predetermined shape and installed to move along the guide groove; anda unitary blade having a predetermined length and extending from an end portion of said body and having a pair of opposing sub-blades for vertically widening a gap between opposing suspensions in an actuator for said hard disk drive, at least one of said opposing suspensions having a corresponding head, said unitary blade for respectively positioning at least one corresponding head in opposing relation to a disk in said hard disk drive when said body is moved in a guiding direction toward said disk, with said corresponding head being spaced from any other corresponding head on said opposing suspensions by said unitary blade, and with a recess being formed in said unitary blade lengthwise from an end portion of said unitary blade, said recess for receiving therein said disk, said recess being at least as long as the radius of said disk to be received in said recess and greater than the thickness of said disk to be received in said recess.