Disk drive read/write head rack flexible rail mount apparatus

摘要

The disk drive read/write head actuator track apparatus consists of a rail having a rail mount at either end to secure the rail to the frame of the disk drive system. The rail is oriented in a radial direction so that, as the read/write head actuator mechanism traverses the length of the rail, the read/write heads move in a radial direction from the spindle to the perpihery of the disks. The rail mount at one end of the rail rigidly connects the rail to the disk drive frame in a location proximate to the perpihery of the disks. This first rail mount precisely locates the one end of the rail with respect to a point on the frame of the disk drive system and is constructed in a way that renders it resistant to flexure in any direction. The other end of the rail is connected to a second rail mount which is attached to the frame of the disk drive system in a location proximate to the spindle of the disk drive system. The second rail mount is flexibly deformable in a radial direction but is resistant to flexure in directions that are orthogonal to the radial direction. Thus, the two rail mounts used to secure the rail to the frame of the disk drive system prevent positional movement of the rail with respect to the frame of the disk drive system in directions that are orthogonal to the radial direction.