Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing, magnetic disks in the housing, and a printed circuit board attached to an outer surface of a bottom wall of the housing. The housing includes a base including a bottom wall and a side wall, and at least two base-side positioning portions provided on the bottom wall in a region overlapping the side wall. The printed circuit board includes at least two board-side positioning portions each engaged with the base-side positioning portion. One of the base-side positioning portion and the board-side positioning portion includes a pin extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall, and another includes a hole into which the pin is fitted.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a suspension assembly includes a base plate having a securing plate portion protruding outwardly from a side edge of the base plate, a load beam secured on a first surface of the base plate and extending from the base plate, and a wiring member. The wiring member includes a distal side portion attached to the load beam and the first surface of the base plate, and a proximal side portion extending outwardly from the side edge of the base plate and extending in a direction opposite to the load beam along the support surface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a suspension assembly includes a base plate having a securing plate portion protruding outwardly from a side edge of the base plate, a load beam secured on a first surface of the base plate and extending from the base plate, and a wiring member. The wiring member includes a distal side portion attached to the load beam and the first surface of the base plate, and a proximal side portion extending outwardly from the side edge of the base plate and extending in a direction opposite to the load beam along the support surface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an assembly includes a first member configured to have a first linear expansion coefficient, a second member configured to have a second linear expansion coefficient smaller than the first linear expansion coefficient, a pair of connecting members configured to connect the first member with the second member, and a notch configured to be formed in the second member between the connecting members and configured to reduce a sectional area of the second member on a section perpendicular to a straight line that connects the connecting members.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a magnetic circuit applying driving force to a carriage. The magnetic circuit includes a first yoke provided with a magnet. An end of the first yoke is secured using a first fastening member screwed in a threaded hole in an end of the base. A second yoke is opposed to the first yoke, and an end of the second yoke is secured using a second fastening member screwed in a threaded hole in another end of the base. A driving coil is held by the carriage and disposed between the first yoke and the second yoke so that the first yoke and the second yoke are attracted to each other by magnetic force of the magnet.

Abstract: A miniaturized optical disc memory is receivable in a slot, of about 17 mm height, normally accommodating a floppy disc drive. A base includes a base plate with integral, peripheral sidewalls and an internal lateral partition wall which define a cartridge receiving slot on the upper surface of the base plate. First and second support plates extend from the partition wall to the rear peripheral sidewall of the base and define respective, first and second upper mounting surfaces and lower first and second cavities respectively receiving an ejection motor and a fixed optical system, individual optical components being mounted and aligned on integral, precision machined blocks in the second cavity for transmitting a laser beam and receiving a reflected beam along a central, longitudinal optical axis beneath the base plate.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to produce an optical disk drive unit, which is an optical data recording and reproducing apparatus, compactly and to improve the efficiency in assembling components of the drive unit. The optical disk drive unit consists of a driving mechanism and a printed wiring board. The driving mechanism assists in loading a cartridge, which accommodates an optical disk that is a commutative medium, in a main unit, drives the cartridge, and reads or writes data from or on the optical disk. A circuit for driving and controlling the driving mechanism is mounted on the printed wiring board. The driving mechanism can be divided into a load/ejection mechanism and a reading/writing mechanism. The load/ejection mechanism is a united body consisting of a cartridge identification sensor, an ejection motor for ejecting a cartridge, and a bias magnet assembly.

Abstract: A miniaturized optical disc memory is receivable in a slot, of about 17 mm height, normally accommodating a floppy disc drive. A base includes a base plate with integral, peripheral sidewalls and an internal lateral partition wall which define a cartridge receiving slot on the upper surface of the base plate. First and second support plates extend from the partition wall to the rear peripheral sidewall of the base and define respective, first and second upper mounting surfaces and lower first and second cavities respectively receiving an ejection motor and a fixed optical system, individual optical components being mounted and aligned on integral, precision machined blocks in the second cavity for transmitting a laser beam and receiving a reflected beam along a central, longitudinal optical axis beneath the bass plate.

Abstract: A miniaturized optical disc memory is receivable in a slot, of about 17 mm height, normally accommodating a floppy disc drive. A base includes a base plate with integral, peripheral sidewalls and an internal lateral partition wall which define a cartridge receiving slot on the upper surface of the base plate. First and second support plates extend from the partition wall to the rear peripheral sidewall of the base and define respective, first and second upper mounting surfaces and lower first and second cavities respectively receiving an ejection motor and a fixed optical system, individual optical components being mounted and aligned on integral, precision machined blocks in the second cavity for transmitting a laser beam and receiving a reflected beam along a central, longitudinal optical axis beneath the base plate.

Abstract: A miniaturized optical disc memory is receivable in a slot, of about 17 mm height, normally accommodating a floppy disc drive. A base includes a base plate with integral, peripheral sidewalls and an internal lateral partition wall which define a cartridge receiving slot on the upper surface of the base plate. First and second support plates extend from the partition wall to the rear peripheral sidewall of the base and define respective, first and second upper mounting surfaces and lower first and second cavities respectively receiving an ejection motor and a fixed optical system, individual optical components being mounted and aligned on integral, precision machined blocks in the second cavity for transmitting a laser beam and receiving a reflected beam along a central, longitudinal optical axis beneath the base plate.