Patent ID: 6570741
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording disk drive comprising:a recording disk rotating around a rotational axis; a head slider supporting a head element and designed to move across the recording disk in a radial direction thereof; a head suspension supporting the head slider; a swinging arm supporting the head suspension and designed to cause the head slider to move in the radial direction of the recording disk; a ramp member extending in the radial direction of the recording disk so as to cross a data area on the recording disk; an inner slant defined on the ramp member and designed to receive a load bar carried on the head suspension when the head slider takes an innermost effective flying position; and an outer slant defined on the ramp member and designed to receive the load bar when the head slider takes an outermost effective flying position, wherein said ramp member swings around a support shaft between a first position allowing the inner slant to receive the load bar and a second position allowing the outer slant to receive the load bar.