US Patent Issued to NIDEC on Jan. 13 for "Disk driving device for preventing pivot post from dropping from base plate" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,256, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NIDEC Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Disk driving device for preventing pivot post from dropping from base plate" was invented by Michihiro Ito (Kyoto, Japan), Kenta Miyoshi (Kyoto, Japan), Takashi Mitsunari (Kyoto, Japan), Masayuki Maeda (Kyoto, Japan) and Naoyuki Kimura (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disk driving device includes a disk, a motor, an arm, a head, and a housing. The disk rotates about a rotation shaft. The motor causing the disk to rotate. The arm swings about a swinging shaft. The head is disposed at a tip of the arm for reading or writing information. The housing accom...