US5325349A
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Hard disc drive and a servo signal writing apparatus
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1992-05-26
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Granted: 1994-06-28
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Expires: 2012-05-26
Abstract
Abstract A hard disc drive is comprised of a casing, a head arm located in the casing and movable in unison with a head, and a diffraction grating mounted on the head arm so as to diffract a light introduced into the casing from the outside of the casing, in which a light diffracted by the diffraction grating is introduced to the outside of the casing. Also, this hard disc drive further comprises an optical system provided outside the casing for receiving the diffracted light, the optical system detecting the arm position, a controller for controlling the arm position, and a servo signal writer for writing a servo signal on the disc on the basis of a detected signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Kayoko Taniguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:04
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/48; G11B5/58; G11B5/596; G11B5/59633
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A hard disc driving comprising: a casing; a head arm having a head and being movably mounted within said casing; and a diffraction grating mounted on said head arm so as to diffract a beam of light introduced into said casing from the outside of said casing, whereby the beam of light diffracted by said diffraction grating is directed outside of said casing after it is diffracted, and whereby the diffracted beam of light indicates the position of the movably mounted head arm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
A hard disc driving comprising: a casing; a head arm having a head and being movably mounted within said casing; and a diffraction grating mounted on said head arm so as to diffract a beam of light introduced into said casing from the outside of said casing, whereby the beam of light diffracted by said diffraction grating is directed outside of said casing after it is diffracted, and whereby the diffracted beam of light indicates the position of the movably mounted head arm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 1, wherein said casing has an opening portion formed therethrough and said opening portion is closed by a transparent material, whereby said beam of light directed outside of said casing is directed through the transparent material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 2, wherein said diffraction grating is made detachable from said head arm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said diffraction grating is of a reflection type.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein said diffraction grating is formed of a hologram.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein a pitch of said diffraction grating is set to be a pattern such that a track pitch of a disc becomes constant.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein said diffraction grating has an original point formed thereon so as to determined the head position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 1, further comprising an optical system provided outside said casing for receiving the diffracted beam of light, said optical system including detecting means for detecting the head arm position, control means for controlling the head arm position, and servo signal writing means for writing a servo signal on the disc on the basis of a detected position signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 8, wherein said optical system is formed as an optical interference type which causes light beams diffracted by the diffraction grating to interfere with one another.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 4, wherein said diffraction grating is formed of a hologram.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 4, wherein a pitch of said diffraction grating is set to be a pattern such that a track pitch of a disc becomes constant.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 5, wherein a pitch of said diffraction grating is set to be a pattern such that a track pitch of a disc becomes constant.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 4, wherein said diffraction grating has an original point formed thereon so as to determine the head position.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 5, wherein said diffraction grating has an original point formed thereon so as to determine the head position.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
The hard disc drive according to claim 6, wherein said diffraction grating has an original point formed thereon so as to determine the head position.
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