Abstract: A magnetic head supporting mechanism includes a slider fixed to a slider spacer which is in turn fixed to a gimbal via a single area which is smaller than a contact area between the slider spacer and the gimbal so that the variation in the flying height of the slider is reduced and the positioning error due to the positional shifting of the head is also reduced. With this arrangement, it is possible to achieve a high-capacity magnetic disk storage device capable of operating at a high speed.

Abstract: A flying head slider utilizing a negative pressure according to the invention has a front end, a rear end, and an air bearing surface directed to face a rotating recording medium. The air bearing surface includes a pair of side rails extending on both sides of the air bearing surface from the front end in the longitudinal direction of the slider, a center rail provided at the center of the air bearing surface in the transverse direction and extending from the front end to the rear end in the longitudinal direction of the slider, a cross rail extending in the transverse direction of the slider to connect the pair of side rails and the center rail to each other near the front end, a pair of recesses defined by the pair of side rails, the center rail and the cross rail, communicating grooves for communicating the pair of recesses with the front end, and a head mounted on a rear end surface of the center rail. The pair of side rails, the center rail and the cross rail lie substantially in the same plane.

Abstract: A flying head slider supporting mechanism comprises a rigid body disposed away from the surface of a magnetic recording medium by a predetermined distance, an air flow passage extending through the rigid body to the surface of the magnetic recording medium, a device for generating an air flow passing through the air flow passage toward the surface of the magnetic recording medium or generating an air flow passing from the surface, a read/write head for reproducing data recording on the magnetic recording medium or recording the same on the magnetic recording medium, a head slider disposed in the air flow and supporting the read/write head, a device for supporting the head slider movable relative to the rigid body in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the magnetic recording medium, and a device for generating a relative movement between the head slider and the magnetic recording medium.

Abstract: A structure for supporting a magnetic head slider for a linear magnetic disk unit comprises: a magnetic head slider having air bearing rails located opposite to a magnetic disk so as to extend in a direction of a track of the magnetic disk; a gimbal for elastically supporting the magnetic head slider, the gimbal being bonded to a back surface of the magnetic head slider on a side reverse to the air bearing rail; and a support arm having the gimbal secured to its distal end, whose axis extends in a direction perpendicular to the air bearing rail, which support arm gives the magnetic head slider a pressing force toward the magnetic disk.

Abstract: An optic rotation sensing apparatus includes a light source emitting light. The light emitted from the light source is transmitted to a sensing loop which provides a phase difference between opposite-direction light waves in response to a rotation. Return light outputted from the sensing loop is transmitted to a photodetector. A device modulates a phase of light propagating in the sensing loop. Another device depolarizes light propagating in the sensing loop. The invention further controls and processes an output signal representing the output of the photodetector at a phase at which a level of an AM noise component of the output signal is minimized.

Abstract: A flying head slider has a slider body in which gas bearing rails are formed on a surface thereof disposed in opposed relation to a recording medium. A bleed portion is also provided at the surface of the slider body between a pair of gas bearing rails. The bleed portion is composed of at least a rectangular-shaped deep bleed portion in which the pair of longer sides thereof are directioned in parallel to the longitudinal axis direction of the gas bearing rails.

Abstract: In a floating type magnetic head support mechanism for a magnetic disk apparatus, a slider carrying a magnetic head floats a small distance above a magnetic disk in accordance with a rotation of the magnetic head to enable a reading/writing of information from/onto the disk by the magnetic head. The slider is coupled to a distal end of a load arm through a gimbal. The coupling portion is located in a common plane parallel with a floating surface of the slider, with the coupling portion including a center of gravity of the slider or being in a parallel plane closer to the floating surface than the center of gravity. The magnetic head support mechanism is so constructed that no rotational moment is applied to a slider during the access operation by the access mechanism.

Abstract: An automobile has a body 1 and a hood 2. In the body 1seats 1B and 1C are arranged, and four sides (left, right, rear and upper) around the seats 1B and 1C are open. The hood 2 is separate from the body 1 and is integrally formed. The hood 2 is formed by a transparent member, and is mounted (or dismounted) freely on the body 1. The hood 2, when mounted, encloses the four sides of the seats. Preferably, the hood 2 is formed from polycarbonate resin.

Abstract: A fiber-optic coil for use as the sensor loop of a fiber-optic gyroscope includes a first optical fiber segment wound as radially successive coiled layers around a coil bobbin in a first region thereof, and a second optical fiber segment wound as radially successive coiled layers around the coil bobbin in an axially adjacent second region thereof. The first and second optical fiber segments are joined to each other through a longitudinal middle portion, which is positioned in the radially innermost coiled layers of the first and second optical fiber segments adjacent to a longitudinal center of said coil bobbin. Each of the first and second optical fiber segments is wound in alternate axial directions in the radially successive coiled layers. The first and second optical fiber segments may be integrally joined to each other by the longitudinal middle portion, or may be separate from, but joined to, each other by a depolarizer across the longitudinal middle portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the clearance between a recording transducer and a recording medium, which includes at least a conductive layer or conductive section, comprises a field electron emission electrode section disposed on the recording transducer, a voltage source for applying a voltage, which is greater at least in its peak value than the work functions of the electrode section and the conductive layer or conductive section of the recording medium, between the electrode section and the conductive layer or conductive section of the recording medium, a current measuring device for measuring the current flowing from the voltage source to the electrode section and the conductive layer or conductive section of the recording medium, and a computation processor for calculating the distance between the electrode section and the recording medium from the value of current measured by the current measuring device.

Abstract: A magnetic head device has a magnetic head slider by means of which information is recorded in and read from a magnetic recording medium. The magnetic head slider is supported by a supporting structure having an internal cavity, an opening formed in a portion of the structure where the magnetic head slider faces the magnetic recording medium and communicating with the internal cavity, and a gas passage through which the gas introduced into the internal cavity through the opening is discharged to the exterior of the internal cavity. With this arrangement, the pressure acting on the back surface of the magnetic head slider is adjusted to keep the slider afloat, while removing dust suspended in the gas around the recording medium and the supporting structure.

Abstract: A flying head slider has gas bearing rails formed on a surface thereof disposed in opposed relation to a recording medium. The flying head slider flies at a microscopic distance above the recording medium by a pressure produced by a stream of gas resulted from the rotation of the recording medium. Each of the gas bearing rails comprises an inflow portion disposed at an inflow side of the gas stream so as to produce a pressure, an outflow portion disposed at an outflow side of the gas stream so as to produce a pressure, and a connective portion interconnecting the inflow portion and the outflow portion in a common plane. The connective portion serves to suppress an excessive compression of the gas, and achieves good damping characteristics.

Abstract: A transducer supporting device having a rigid-structure support member connected to a guide arm, and a flexible-structure support member attached to the rigid-structure support member on the side of a free end of the same. Portions of the rigid-structure and flexible-structure support members connected to each other are constructed so that the shear center of these portions is brought closer to the connection surface.

Abstract: An optical phase modulator for use with a fiber optic sensor such as a fiber optic gyroscope includes a piezoelectric vibrator which is asymmetric in at least one cross-sectional shape thereof, a pair of electrodes for applying a voltage to said piezoelectric vibrator, and an optical fiber joined to at least a portion of said piezoelectric vibrator by adhesive bonding. The piezoelectric vibrator has a cavity defined therein, and one of said electrodes is disposed on a surface of said piezoelectric vibrator which defines said axial cavity, the other electrode being disposed on an outer surface of said piezoelectric vibrator. The piezoelectric vibrator may be cylindrical, elliptically cylindrical, or planar in shape. The cavity may be cylindrical or elliptically cylindrical in shape.

Abstract: A magneto-optical memory apparatus has an optical head for applying a light to a substrate of a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk having a magneto-optical recording film formed on the substrate and continuously applying a high power laser beam in a record mode, and a floating magnetic head arranged on the opposite side of the recording medium to the side of the optical head and adapted to be kept at a substantially constant distance from the recording medium by an air pressure created between the magnetic head and the recording medium by the movement of the recording medium, for applying, in the record mode, a magnetic field which is polarity-inverted or intensity-modulated according to information to be recorded, to the magneto-optical recording film.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting and reciprocating a magnetic head slider above a rotating magnetic disk comprises a carrying arm having a free end, a flexible base connected at one end thereof to the free end of the supporting arm, a pair of flexible fingers extending from the other end of the flexible base parallel to an axis of the carrying arm and defining therebetween a space, a traverse bar connecting two free ends of the fingers, and a flexible tongued member on which the magnetic head slider to be mounted, one end of the tongued member being connected to the traverse bar and the other end thereof extending into the space with gaps between the tongued member and the fingers and the base. A reduced part of a minimum cross-section is provided in each of the fingers. The reduced part is located between the one end of the tongued member and a center between the one end of the tongued member and the other end of the base.

Abstract: A suspension for supporting a wheel on a vehicle body includes a hollow shaft fixed to the vehicle body, an arm having one end coupled to the wheel and an opposite end pivotally supported on an outer peripheral surface of the hollow shaft, a rotary damper interposed between the hollow shaft and the arm, for dampening swinging movement of the arm with respect to the hollow shaft, and a torsion bar extending through the hollow shaft and having one end fixed to the vehicle body and an opposite end coupled to the opposite end of the arm for angular movement in unison with the arm.

Abstract: A flying head slider for supporting a magnetic head operative to transmit information into and out of a recording medium has a slider body having a surface to be disposed in faced relationship to the recording medium. Positive pressure generating portions are formed on the surface of the slider body to generate a positive pressure during rotation of the recording medium relative to the slider body. A bearing is formed in the fluid-inlet end of each positive pressure generating section to enhance a bearing action due to abrupt compression of fluid. A bleed slot is defined between the positive pressure generating sections and has a fluid-inlet end provided with a negative pressure generating means, whereby the slider stably floats a predetermined distance away from the recording medium during rotation thereof to enable the magnetic head to transmit information.

Abstract: A transducer supporting apparatus is provided with a rigid structural support connected to a rigid arm portion and a flexible strucural support provided on the free end of the rigid structural support, the flexible structural support comprising two flexible fingers, a transverse frame connecting the two flexible fingers on the extending side thereof through steps, and a slider mounting portion having a tongue form which extends from this frame and is provided adjacent to the two flexible fingers and a slider loaded with a transducer being junctioned with the slider mounting portion. The flexible fingers are so configurated that the end thereof on the side of the rigid arm portion is brought nearer to the plane formed by the floating surface of the slider than the end thereof on the side of the slider mounting portion.

Abstract: The invention designed to improve the precision in determining the position of the magnetic head and to enable more stable maintenance of the gap between the transducer and the recording disk is characterized in that the flange provided to the transducer supporting arm is made lower in height on the rigid arm side than on the magnetic head side.