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7382583 Rotary piezoelectric microactuator and disk drive head-suspension assembly  
The invention is a moving-slider rotary piezoelectric microactuator as the secondary actuator for a dual-stage actuator disk drive. The microactuator has a substrate attached to the disk drive...
7359154 Method and apparatus for connecting a micro-actuator to driver arm suspension  
A system and method for connecting an actuator to a suspension element is disclosed. The actuator is electrically coupled using a silver paste. The silver paste is further covered by a coating...
7352530 Method and apparatus for reducing a suspension gram load to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems  
An apparatus and method for reducing a suspension gram load to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems. The method provides a suspension for reaching over a disk....
7345850 Method and apparatus for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems  
An apparatus and method for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems. The method provides a suspension for reaching over a disk. A...
7307816 Flexure design and assembly process for attachment of slider using solder and laser reflow  
A slider/suspension design and assembly method include securing a slider to a suspension assembly for use in a magnetic disk drive data recording device. To this end, solder bumps are applied to a...
7296335 Method of detaching of magnetic head slider from head gimbal assembly  
A method is provided for reworking a head gimbal assembly (HGA). An ultrasonic probe is used to stress the connection between the slider component of an HGA to remove the slider from its mounting...
7293347 Manufacturing method of head arm assembly  
A manufacturing method of an HAA includes a step of fixing a first lead conductor member onto a suspension, a step of attaching a second lead conductor member to at least one actuator arm, a step...
7280315 Passive compensation for pole tip protrusion by slider bending  
A disk drive includes a storage disk, a suspension and a slider assembly. The slider assembly includes a trailing half having a surface area, and a leading half having a substantially similar...
7253993 Head slider with precise positioning actuator and manufacturing method of the head slider  
A head slider with a precise positioning actuator includes a thin plane shaped head section provided with a first surface that is substantially perpendicular to an ABS of the head slider, a second...
7230796 Features for improved slider attachment  
A slider for supporting at least one transducer includes a slider body having a bearing surface and an opposing mounting surface. The slider also includes at least one adhesive control feature...
7199979 Head gimbal assembly using slider and gimbal features  
A gimbal assembly includes a gimbal and a slider. The slider has at least one adhesive receiving feature which is formed on a mounting surface of the slider. The gimbal has a lock feature including...
7199978 Method and apparatus for connecting a micro-actuator to driver arm suspension  
A system and method for connecting an actuator to a suspension element is disclosed. The actuator is electrically coupled using a silver paste. The silver paste is further covered by a coating...
7193818 Magnetic head device and method for making the same  
A magnetic head device includes a slider including a thin-film element for writing and/or reading and a support for supporting the slider, the slider being bonded to a joint surface of the support...
7151650 Head assembly including a variable device for adjusting an inclination of a slider  
A head assembly includes a suspension coupled to an end portion of an actuator arm located on a base to rotate around a pivot shaft, a head slider installed at the suspension and having a head to...
7095594 Active read/write head circuit with interface circuit  
A method and apparatus for collocating an interface circuit with a disk drive read/write head is described. In one embodiment the interface circuit is attached to the load arm on one side and the...
7095590 Head gimbal assembly and method for manufacturing the same  
A head gimbal assembly has a gimbal suspension that includes a metal flexure bonded to a slider having a magnetic head element. This head gimbal assembly prevents damage from electrostatic...
7072144 Damping of vertical and offtrack dynamic modes gain at the slider in a disc drive  
The invention discloses an apparatus and method for passive damping of slider modes in a storage device. An exemplary apparatus comprises a cradle for supporting a slider and comprising two side...
7050267 Head-gimbal assembly of hard disk drive  
A head-gimbal assembly of a hard disk drive includes a loadbeam connected to a pivot arm, a slider on which a magnetic head is mounted, an elastic support member having one end coupled to the...
7046482 Magnetic head  
The magnetic head of the present invention is a small magnetic head capable of reducing inertia working thereto. The magnetic head of the present invention includes a suspension having a front end...
7031114 Conductive adhesive for magnetic head assembly  
A system and a method for bonding a slider to a suspension tongue are disclosed. A set of conductive fibers is embedded in a bonding adhesive binding the slider to the suspension tongue to improve...
7023663 Method and apparatus for improved attachment of a micro-actuator to a slider device  
A system and method for improving the process of attaching a hard disk micro-actuator to a slider device with a bonding agent such as epoxy, the slider having design characteristics to avoid...
7016155 Vibration-canceling mechanism and head gimbal assembly with the vibration-canceling mechanism  
A vibration-canceling mechanism includes a vibration transfer member of a plane shape inserted between a vibration-origination system having at least one resonance frequency and an object to which...
7009799 Tiltable device, in particular hard disk actuator device, with roll and pitch angle active control  
In an actuator device for hard disks a suspension element carries a slider that is subject to undesired vibrations which give rise to rotations of the slider with respect to a nominal position. An...
7006331 Head gimbal assembly including a trace suspension assembly backing layer with a conductive layer formed upon a gimbal having a lower oxidation rate  
A head gimbal assembly for a disk drive. The head gimbal assembly includes a trace suspension assembly backing layer including a gimbal. The trace suspension assembly backing layer is formed of a...
7002780 Suspension design for elevated slider attachment  
An actuation assembly includes a movable actuator arm, a suspension assembly, a slider, and means for attaching the slider to the gimbal. The actuator arm supports the suspension assembly, which...
6985333 Load/unload-type disk drive slider having a negative pressure reduction hole  
The present invention generally relates to a disk drive and methods for operating the same. A venting assembly of this disk drive generally includes a slider having an air bearing surface system...
6985332 Head gimbal assembly with flex circuit arrangement between slider and head interconnect assembly  
A slider scale package assembly in a head gimbal assembly (HGA) for electrically coupling a slider/magnetic recording (MR) head to a head interconnect circuit in a disc drive includes a flex...
6947258 UV curable and electrically conductive adhesive for bonding magnetic disk drive components  
An electrically conductive adhesive includes a resin component, a photoinitiator, and metal-coated polymer beads. The beads have an average diameter and a very narrow size distribution around the...
6943302 Flexible printed circuit board  
A flexible printed circuit board of the present invention directly relays connecting portions of a magnetic head placed on a suspension to connecting portions of a base end of a carriage arm in a...
6940694 Magnetic head assembly having thin-film dummy patterns provided on surface of gimbal spring  
A magnetic head assembly equipped with a slider having a magnetic head and a gimbal spring on which the slider is mounted with an adhesive. The gimbal spring is supported by beam portions of a load...
6895657 Method for producing a slider for an optical head  
A method for producing a slider for an optical head includes a slider member adapted for floating and running over a recording medium during recording and/or reproduction of information signals for...
6894873 Suspension and head gimbal assembly with the suspension  
A suspension includes a load beam, a flexure fixed to the load beam for determining a flying attitude of a head slider provided with at least one head element, the flexure having a slider...
6831815 Head slider precise positioning actuator including a base section and a pair of movable arms  
A precise positioning actuator to be fixed to a head slider provided with at least one head element and to a support, for precisely positioning the at least one head element includes a pair of...
6801398 Magnetic head suspension assembly with adhesion limiting structure  
A magnetic head assembly equipped with a slider and a gimbal spring to which the slider is secured with an adhesive agent. According to one aspect, at least one slit is formed in the gimbal spring...
6775102 Vibration-canceling mechanism and head gimbal assembly with the vibration-canceling mechanism  
A vibration-canceling mechanism includes a vibration transfer member of a plane shape inserted between a vibration-origination system having a plurality of resonance frequencies and an object to...
6775101 Magnetic head including slider electrically connected to flexure with conductive resin film  
In a magnetic head having a slider provided with a thin-film element used for writing and/or reading, a flexure bonded to the slider and having a tongue which is resiliently deformable, and a...
6771467 Vibration-canceling mechanism and head gimbal assembly with the vibration-canceling mechanism  
A vibration-canceling mechanism includes a vibration transfer member. At least part of the vibration transfer member is inserted between a vibration-origination system having at least one resonance...
6771466 Vibration-canceling mechanism and head gimbal assembly with the vibration-canceling mechanism  
A vibration-canceling mechanism includes a vibration transfer member of a plane shape inserted between a vibration-origination system having at least one resonance frequency and an object to which...
6757135 Leading edge bond pads  
The invention is a suspension gimbal-head assembly that includes a magnetic head having a leading edge and a following edge, a suspension gimbal, the magnetic head is mechanically connected to the...
6754047 Slide microactuator using S-shaped piezoelectric element  
A microactuator device for effecting fine positioning of a transducing head with respect to a selected track on a disk having: an S-shaped piezoelectric element with three or more legs having...
6751069 Method and apparatus for improved attachment of a micro-actuator to a slider device  
A system and method for improving the process of attaching a hard disk microactuator to a slider device with a bonding agent such as epoxy, the slider having design characteristics to avoid various...
6751062 Vibration-canceling mechanism and head gimbal assembly with the vibration-canceling mechanism  
A vibration-canceling mechanism includes a vibration transfer member of a plane shape inserted between a vibration-origination system having at least one resonance frequency and an object to which...
6731462 Slider and head assembly  
A protective member, which covers a sensor portion, is positioned on a slider so that this sensor portion is in close proximity to the slider flying surface. Furthermore, a step is formed on the...
6717896 Controlling a gap length in a near-field area in an exposure apparatus  
To control the gap length in the near-field area with a high accuracy, the exposure apparatus includes an exposure light source ( 11 ) to emit an exposure laser light, a gap length controlling...
6710975 Magnetic head and read/write apparatus having reduced stress in a slider and supporter  
A magnetic head includes an adhesive layer having particulate disposed between a slider and a flexure. A gap of a predetermined size is disposed between the slider and the flexure. Stress generated...
6676778 Method for bonding slider and suspension together and deciding conditions of laser beam irradiation  
A slider and suspension of a hard disk drive are joined with a low modulus epoxy adhesive. The slider and suspension are set in a bonding jig while they are moving from process to process or...
6556384 Head supporting arm, Data recording apparatus, with laser beam exposing aperture and limiter  
The present invention provides a head supporting arm that allows for laser tacking while having a merging lip and limiters for loading/unloading respectively. A head supporting arm according to the...
6552875 Suspension design for improving the curing process for head bonding application and method for same  
A suspension design for improving the curing process for head bonding application and a method for same is disclosed. Vias are formed in the load beam and the flexure so that UV light is allowed to...
6523250 Method of attaching a slider with head transducer to a suspension  
A method for assembling a slider suspension assembly for use in a disk drive is disclosed. A ceramic slider with an attached recording head is placed on a suspension and is held in alignment by...
6501623 Method for assembling an actuator device for a hard disk, comprising a read/write transducer, a microactuator, and a suspension, and the actuator device thus obtained  
A microactuator is attached to a first face of a coupling formed on a suspension, so that an R/W transducer projects from an opposite face. A hole in the coupling permits passage of an adhesive...
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