Abstract:
A support device for floating a magnetic head on a fluid atmosphere adjacent a recording surface has several features in a one piece construction. The support device is a substantially flat, thin body structure of elastic material having perforations therein positioned and shaped to form a platform to which a magnetic head is bonded. A portion of the platform is permanently deformed to lie forward of the remainder of the body structure so the magnetic head is spaced from the remainder of the body structure. A pair of mounting tabs extend inwardly from opposite sides of the outer perimeter of the support device. The portions of the support device adjacent to the tabs are bowed inwardly away from the tabs. A cable support bracket is directly joined to the tabs so forces exerted on the bracket do not effect the position of the magnetic head.
Abstract:
A magnetic memory system having a recording head adjacent a movable disk is described wherein the recording head is separated from the disk by a fluid bearing. In a preferred embodiment, the bearing comprises a taper land bearing having a main bearing face preceded by a converging bearing face. A narrow slot provides a hydrodynamic separation between the trailing edge of the main face and the leading edge of a satellite face coplanar with the main bearing face. A diverging face is provided aft of the satellite face. In operation the recording head is retracted until the disk is up to its usual rotational speed, and then the head is advanced toward the disk to its final floating position in the order of 30 microinches from the surface. The satellite face and diverging face cooperate during the transitional ''''landing'''' of the recording head to produce a fluid film force that pivots the recording head to its final floating position without contact between the disk and head.
Abstract:
A support device for floating a magnetic head assembly on a fluid atmosphere is asymmetrically dimensioned so it assumes a positive angle of approach on application of a normal force at its center point by an actuating mechanism. The support device is a substantially flat, thin body structure of elastic material having perforations therein positioned and shaped to form a platform, an inner frame surrounding the platform, an outer frame surrounding the inner frame, a first pair of connecting members between opposite sides of the platform and the inner frame, and a second pair of connecting members between opposite sides of the inner frame and the outer frame disposed transverse to the first pair of connecting members. In one embodiment, the platform that supports the head assembly is permanently deformed to lie in a plane forward of and disposed at an acute angle to the remainder of the support device. In other embodiments, the length and/or width of opposite legs of the frames are unequal, thereby normally causing unbalanced deflection of the support device responsive to the actuating mechanism.
Abstract:
One-turn conductor patterns for a multi-core head assembly are designed to provide for a minimum of cable connections and to maximize track width. The specific configuration of conductor patterns exhibiting these advantages may vary, except for a common criterion. The terminal pads of the conductor patterns to which electronic read/write circuit cables are connected are minimized to the greatest extent possible by a conductor pattern layout that results in one terminal pad being common to as many one for each core, single-turn conductors, as possible.
Abstract:
A fluid film bearing particularly suitable for the magnetic recording head of a rotating disk magnetic memory is described. The head has a bearing surface which is adapted to float in very close proximity to a magnetic memory surface moving at a relatively high velocity. The relative velocities are such that a stable film of air, a few tens of micro-inches thick, separates the recording head from the memory element. A conventional stabilizing bearing surface is provided along the leading edge of the plane bearing surface and angulated at a very small angle relative thereto. In the improved bearing a second stabilizing bearing surface is disposed along the leading edge of the first stabilizing bearing surface and angulated relative thereto so as to be at a greater angle relative to the plane bearing surface than is the first stabilizing bearing surface.
Abstract:
An elongated flat strip of insulative material having at one end a central portion, lateral portions disposed on either side of the central portion, and transverse portions joining the lateral portions to the central portion. The central portion protrudes further than the lateral portions. Wire-connecting pads are concentrated in a line across the central portion and the lateral portions. Conductors are arranged along the length of the strip. The ends of the conductors terminate respectively at the different pads. The conductors terminating at the pads on the lateral portions are mounted along the outer edges of the strip and the conductors terminating at the pads on the central portion are arranged along the center of the strip. As a result, the conductors lead to each portion without passing the pads on the other portions. Each transverse portion has a double-reverse bend that places the pads on the lateral portions in a row stepped back from and beside the row of pads on the central portion. The end of the strip lies in a recess in a magnetic head assembly. The head windings are directly connected to the pads.