Patent ID: 7733608
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A head holding member for guiding a tab portion formed at one end of a head support arm constituting an actuator to an escaping position, and holding the tab portion in the escaping position when an unloading operation of the actuator is performed by an operation stopping command of a disk device; wherein the escaping position is formed in the head holding member and comprises: a head holding plane portion for holding the tab portion; a load side projecting portion formed on a loading side of the head holding plane portion; and an unload side wall face formed on a unloading side of the head holding plane portion, wherein a load side wall face having an angle smaller than 90° with respect to the head holding plane portion is formed on the loading side of the head holding plane portion, and wherein the load side wall face forms a face opposed to the head holding plane portion of the load side projecting portion.