Patent ID: 7110207
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A load/unload operation control method for controlling a load/unload operation that loads/unloads a head which is provided on an arm with respect to a recording medium by a ramp load/unload mechanism, comprising: a control step controlling a driving current that is supplied to a driving part which drives the arm so as to undergo a gradual change during at least one of a load operation for a head feed operation which feeds the head towards the recording medium, and an unload operation as the unload operation is completed, wherein a gradual change in said driving current occurs at least during arbitrary times, other than a time when a speed control operation is carried out, said speed control operation controlling a speed of the head when the head is loaded to a desired track of the recording medium, and said arbitrary times including a time when said arm is released in a parking area by the head feed operation and/or when said arm is pushed in the parking area as the unload operation is completed.