Patent ID: 6421209
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a signal onto and/or from a disk-shaped recording medium, said disk drive apparatus comprising:a carriage configured to be transported by a linear actuator; a head arm attached to said carriage through a supporting-point pin in such a way that said head arm is freely rotatable, the head arm including an arm base made of a rigid material and a suspension implemented by a plate spring, said arm base and said suspension extend to a direction to which said carriage transported, said arm base being rotatably supported at one side thereof by said carriage via the supporting-point pin and supporting said suspension at another side of the arm base; a magnetic head attached to said suspension used for recording and/or reproducing said signal onto and/or from said disk-shaped recording medium; a stopper provided on the carriage; and a torsion coil spring configured to press said arm base to the stopper such that said arm base engages with the stopper, only the suspension applying a load force to said magnetic head toward said disk-shaped recording medium.