Patent ID: 6147842
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: G11B,H02K

Abstract:
A carriage assembly for carrying read/write heads into engagement with a recording medium, said carriage assembly comprising:a carriage body, said body defining a sidewall having a front that has a first opening and a back that has a second opening with a passage extending between the first opening and the second opening, said passage adapted to slidingly receive a cylindrical guide track, so that the carriage body can ride on the guide track;a first extension extending from the sidewall and a second extension extending from the sidewall to define a space between the first extension and the second extension;a carriage arm extending from the front of the sidewall, the carriage arm being molded to the sidewall to couple the carriage arm to the carriage body;a coil interlockingly coupled to the carriage body by being disposed in the space and molded to the first extension and the second extension to couple the coil to the carriage body.