Patent ID: 7831984
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive comprising: a disk rotating unit which mounts and rotates a disk; a traverse base which holds said disk rotating unit; a damper member which flexibly holds said traverse base; a main unit which holds said traverse base through said damper member; a tray which mounts a cartridge which houses said disk; a driving unit which loads or ejects said tray and accordingly moves said disk in said cartridge close to or away from said disk rotating unit, and a traverse base holding member which is moved vertically by said driving unit relative to said main unit at the time of tray loading or tray ejection, wherein: said cartridge is supported by said main unit through said tray, said traverse base is flexibly held by said traverse base holding member through said damper member, and the resonance frequencies of said damper member in the radius direction of said disk as it is being loaded and in the direction of a rotation shaft are set higher than the maximum rotational frequency of said disk.