Magnetic head carriage mechanism for a magnetic disk

摘要

A carriage mechanism for a magnetic disc includes a head arm rotatable around a rotational center. A slider is supported by the head arm and arranged such that its principal axis forms a specified angle with a straight line passing through the rotational center of the head arm and a center of the slider, so as to reduce the yaw angle of the slider. A magnetic head having a magnetic gap is provided in the slider. The principal axis of the gap passes through the center of, and extends in the lengthwise direction of the gap. The magnetic head is so arranged that an extension of the principal axis of the magnetic gap passes through the rotational center of the head arm and forms a specified angle with the principal axis of the slider, in order to reduce the azimuth angle of the gap.