DISK DEVICE

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a disk device includes magnetic disks, a spindle motor, and a housing. The magnetic disks are arranged in an axial direction. The spindle motor rotates the magnetic disks about a first rotation axis extending in the axial direction. The housing includes a first wall, an inner surface of the first wall, an outer surface of the first wall, and a second wall. The spindle motor is attached to the first wall. The first wall is apart from the magnetic disks in the axial direction. The second wall protrudes from the first wall and surrounds the plurality of magnetic disks in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction. In the axial direction a maximum distance between the inner surface and the outer surface is 1.5% or more and 8% or less of a maximum dimension of the housing.

Description

Claims

1. A disk device comprising: a plurality of magnetic disks each of which has a recording surface, the magnetic disks being arranged at intervals in an axial direction intersecting the recording surface;a spindle motor configured to hold the plurality of magnetic disks and rotate the plurality of magnetic disks about a first rotation axis extending in the axial direction; anda housing for accommodating the plurality of magnetic disks, the housing including a first wall to which the spindle motor is attached, and being apart from the plurality of magnetic disks in the axial direction,an inner surface of the first wall, and facing the recording surface,an outer surface of the first wall, being opposite the inner surface, anda second wall protruding from the first wall and surrounding the plurality of magnetic disks in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, whereinin the axial direction a maximum distance between the inner surface and the outer surface is 1.5% or more and 8% or less of a maximum dimension of the housing.

2. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of magnetic disks each has a diameter of 80 mm or more and 100 mm or less, andthe maximum dimension of the housing in the axial direction is 26.2 mm or more.

3. The disk device according to claim 2, wherein the maximum dimension of the housing in the axial direction is more than 42 mm and equal to 54 mm or less.

4. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the number of the plurality of magnetic disks is 20 or more.

5. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the spindle motor includes a stator attached to the first wall,a rotor configured to hold the plurality of magnetic disks and rotate about the first rotation axis with respect to the stator, anda bearing that rotatably supports the rotor about the first rotation axis,the stator includes a coil surrounding the first rotation axis,the stator or the rotor includes a shaft extending along the first rotation axis,the shaft has a diameter of 5 mm or more and 10 mm or less, andthe bearing and the coil are juxtaposed to each other in the axial direction.

6. The disk device according to claim 5, wherein in the axial direction the coil has a dimension of one-third or less of the maximum dimension of the housing.

7. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the spindle motor includes a coil surrounding the first rotation axis, andin the axial direction the coil has a dimension of one-third or less of the maximum dimension of the housing.

8. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the second wall includes a first surface, a second surface aligned with the first surface in the axial direction, and a boundary line between the first surface and the second surface, andin the axial direction a distance between the boundary line and a first end of the housing is 27 mm or more and 40 mm or less, the first end being on the first wall.

9. The disk device according to claim 8, wherein the second wall has a second end opposite the first end,the first surface includes a first inclined surface extending between the first end and the boundary line, the first inclined surface being exposed to an outside of the housing,the second surface includes a second inclined surface extending between the second end and the boundary line, the second inclined surface being exposed to the outside of the housing, andthe first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are inclined with respect to the first rotation axis such that the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are further away from the first rotation axis as are closer to the boundary line.

10. The disk device according to claim 9, wherein an absolute value of an angle between the first rotation axis and the first inclined surface is larger than an absolute value of an angle between the first rotation axis and the second inclined surface, andthe housing includes a cover fixed to the second end.

11. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of magnetic disks includes a first magnetic disk and a second magnetic disk, the second magnetic disk being more apart from the first wall than the first magnetic disk,the first magnetic disk is shorter in diameter than the second magnetic disk,the second wall has a first inner surface extending around the first rotation axis and facing the first magnetic disk, anda second inner surface extending around the first rotation axis and facing the second magnetic disk, andthe first inner surface is shorter in diameter than the second inner surface.

12. The disk device according to claim 11, wherein the second wall has a connection surface connecting between an end of the first inner surface and an end of the second inner surface in the axial direction, and facing a direction intersecting with a direction which the first inner surface faces and a direction which the second inner surface faces.

13. The disk device according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of magnetic heads configured to read and write information from and to the plurality of magnetic disks;a plurality of carriages each of which includes an arm, the carriages extending in the axial direction and being individually rotatable about a second rotation axis, the second rotation axis being apart from the first rotation axis in a direction orthogonal to the first rotation axis; anda plurality of suspensions individually attached to the corresponding arms of the plurality of carriages, to individually hold the corresponding magnetic heads.

14. The disk device according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of magnetic heads configured to read and write information from and to the plurality of magnetic disks;a carriage including a plurality of arms arranged at intervals in the axial direction, the carriage extending in the axial direction and being rotatable about a second rotation axis, the second rotation axis being apart from the first rotation axis in a direction orthogonal to the first rotation axis;a plurality of suspensions individually attached to the corresponding arms, to individually hold the corresponding magnetic heads; anda plurality of spacers individually disposed between two adjacent magnetic disks of the plurality of magnetic disks, wherein the plurality of arms includes a first arm and a second arm, the second arm being more apart from the first wall than the first arm, andin the axial direction the first arm is larger in dimension than the second arm.

15. The disk device according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of magnetic disks includes a first magnetic disk and a second magnetic disk, the second magnetic disk being more apart from the first wall than the first magnetic disk, andin the axial direction the first magnetic disk is larger in dimension than the second magnetic disk.

16. The disk device according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of spacers includes a first spacer and a second spacer, the second spacer being more apart from the first wall than the first spacer, andin the axial direction the first spacer is smaller in dimension than the second spacer.

17. The disk device according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of magnetic heads configured to read and write information from and to the plurality of magnetic disks;a carriage including a plurality of arms arranged at intervals in the axial direction, the carriage extending in the axial direction and being rotatable about a second rotation axis, the second rotation axis being apart from the first rotation axis in a direction orthogonal to the first rotation axis;a plurality of suspensions individually attached to the corresponding arms, to individually hold the corresponding magnetic heads; anda plurality of spacers individually disposed between two adjacent magnetic disks of the plurality of magnetic disks, wherein the plurality of magnetic disks includes a first magnetic disk and a second magnetic disk, the second magnetic disk being more apart from the first wall than the first magnetic disk, andin the axial direction the first magnetic disk is larger in dimension than the second magnetic disk.

18. The disk device according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of magnetic heads configured to read and write information from and to the plurality of magnetic disks;a carriage including a plurality of arms arranged at intervals in the axial direction, the carriage extending in the axial direction and being rotatable about a second rotation axis, the second rotation axis being apart from the first rotation axis in a direction orthogonal to the first rotation axis;a plurality of suspensions individually attached to the corresponding arms, to individually hold the corresponding magnetic heads; anda plurality of spacers individually disposed between two adjacent magnetic disks of the plurality of magnetic disks, wherein the plurality of spacers includes a first spacer and a second spacer, the second spacer being more apart from the first wall than the first spacer, andin the axial direction the first spacer is smaller in dimension than the second spacer.

19. The disk device according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of magnetic heads configured to read and write information from and to the plurality of magnetic disks; anda plurality of ramps located apart from the first rotation axis and configured to hold the plurality of magnetic heads apart from the plurality of magnetic disks, the plurality of ramps being aligned with each other in the axial direction.