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US20130021698 |
GIMBAL LIMITER FOR SUSPENSION WITH LIFT TAB
A head suspension for a disk drive with a load beam having continuous rails and a distal lift tab. A dimple is positioned proximal to the lift tab, either on the load beam or the gimbal, the... |
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US20150162033 |
CONSTRAINED DIMPLE PAD DAMPER FOR DISK DRIVE HEAD SUSPENSION
A disk drive head suspension including a load beam, a flexure on the load beam, and a load point dimple extending from the load beam toward the flexure. A constrained damper is located on the... |
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US20110292543 |
HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND DISK DRIVE WITH THE SAME
According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a suspension includes a load beam and a gimbal, a slider includes a head and mounted on the gimbal, a gap portion defined between the... |
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US20110228425 |
SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY HAVING A MICROACTUATOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A GOLD COATING ON A STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE
A novel suspension assembly includes a suspension assembly mounting plate, a microactuator mounting structure extending from the suspension assembly mounting plate, a load beam extending from the... |
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US20150255095 |
Swage Mount for Hard Disk Drives
A swage mount is provided for attaching a head suspension assembly to a head actuator arm for a hard disk drive. The swage mount has a flange body with a thickness for providing clearance from the... |
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US20060158782 |
Magnetic head support, magnetic head assembly including the magnetic head support, and magnetic disk drive including the magnetic head assembly
Embodiments of the invention provide a magnetic head support capable of achieving reduction in weight, while maintaining good stiffness and vibration characteristics, a magnetic head assembly... |
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US20140098440 |
CO-LOCATED GIMBAL-BASED DUAL STAGE ACTUATION DISK DRIVE SUSPENSIONS WITH DAMPERS
Various embodiments concern a gimbaled flexure having a dual stage actuation structure comprising flexure which comprises a gimbal. The gimbal comprises at least one spring arm and a tongue... |
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US20130321950 |
ASYMMETRIC COMB BORE IN ACTUATOR DESIGN
The present invention generally relates to a head comb for use in a hard disk drive. In one embodiment, the head comb comprises a core body having a bore formed therethrough. The bore is bound by... |
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US20150187376 |
BALANCED CO-LOCATED GIMBAL-BASED DUAL STAGE ACTUATION DISK DRIVE SUSPENSIONS
Various embodiments concern a suspension having a DSA structure on a gimbaled flexure comprising a loadbeam having a load point dimple and a flexure attached to the loadbeam. The flexure... |
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US20150138675 |
DISK DRIVE FLEXURE
A flexure tail is provided in a flexure including a metal base and a conductive circuit portion. The flexure tail includes a tail pad portion. In the tail pad portion, tail electrodes to are... |
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US20140078621 |
CO-LOCATED GIMBAL-BASED DUAL STAGE ACTUATION DISK DRIVE SUSPENSIONS
Various embodiments concern a suspension having a DSA structure on a gimbaled flexure. The suspension comprises a loadbeam and flexure attached thereto. The flexure comprises a pair of spring... |
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US20110317312 |
FLEXURE AND METHOD OF FORMING WIRING PART OF FLEXURE
A flexure includes a metal substrate whose front end supports a slider and a wiring part having a base insulating layer and a conductor layer formed on the base insulating layer. The wiring part... |
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US20120281318 |
AIR BEARING SLIDER
A slider includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a transducer adjacent to the trailing edge, and an air bearing surface. The air bearing surface includes a forward pad, a rearward pad, and a... |
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US20120176704 |
LOAD BEAM, SUSPENSION WITH LOAD BEAM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUSPENSION
A suspension for supporting a magnetic head is provided with a load beam formed of a thin-plate spring. A recess for accommodating a damper is formed in the load beam. The damper is affixed to a... |
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US20090002892 |
HEAD SUPPORT MECHANISM AND DISK DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME
According to one embodiment, a head support mechanism includes a plate-shaped arm, a load beam in the form of an elongated plate having a distal end portion on which a head is supported and a... |
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US20100061019 |
MAGNETIC STORAGE SYSTEM WITH READ DURING WRITE
A magnetic storage system includes a magnetic storage medium and a transducer positioned adjacent the magnetic storage medium. The transducer has a reader positioned adjacent writer and a reader... |
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US20150162034 |
DISK DRIVE HEAD SUSPENSION TAIL WITH STIFFENED EDGE ALIGNMENT FEATURES
A head gimbal assembly for a disk drive includes a flexure tail terminal region having flexure bond pads in electrical communication with the head. Each of the flexure bond pads includes a widened... |
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US20080247092 |
STORAGE DISK DRIVING APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A STORAGE DISK AND A CASE THEREFOR
A storage disk driving apparatus for driving a storage disk includes a carriage holding a head slider at the tip of the carriage. A shroud surface is disposed upstream of an air flow generated by... |
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US20140085754 |
DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION
A slider and microactuator elements are disposed on a gimbal portion of a flexure. A tongue of the gimbal portion has a first tongue portion, a second tongue portion, and a hinge portion. A... |
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US20110096438 |
HEAD-GIMBAL ASSEMBLY WITH TRACE CONFIGURED TO REDUCE STRESS ON A MICROACTUATOR AND DISK DRIVE INCLUDING THE HEAD-GIMBAL ASSEMBLY
A head-gimbal assembly. The head-gimbal assembly includes a gimbal including a tongue, a stage forming a portion of the tongue, a head-slider bonded to the stage, first and second piezoelectric... |
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US20090174966 |
Swivel Arm Actuator for Multiple Directions of Movement
The invention relates to a suspension arm actuator for a plurality of directions of motion, which comprises a suspension arm designed as a two-arm lever and supported against a support and mounted... |
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US20070159725 |
Thermally insulated suspension load beam
A suspension load beam for use in supporting a transducer head in a data storage system includes a front beam section, a rear beam section, and a middle beam section. The front beam section is... |
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US20130329320 |
SUSPENSION, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND DISK DRIVE UNIT WITH THE SAME
A suspension includes a positive write trace and a negative write trace. The positive write trace is separated into at least two positive write trace sections located at two different layers... |
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US20150170688 |
GREASE COMPOSITION ADDITIVE FOR PIVOT BEARING ASSEMBLIES
A magnetic hard disk drive compromising a head along a suspension pivoted by a pivot bearing assembly that utilizes a grease composition is provided. The grease composition comprises an additive... |
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US20060279880 |
Suspension with sway beam micropositioning
An actuator suspension comprising a base supporting a load beam. The base defines a mount and a compliant sway portion. The compliant sway portion comprises a sway beam depending proximally from... |
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US20110096439 |
DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION
A disk drive suspension is provided with a load beam and a flexure. A tongue portion is formed on the flexure. The tongue portion comprises a slider mounting surface and a flat portion. A slider... |
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US20130057985 |
LOAD BEAM WITH LOAD BENDS GENERATING LOAD, HEAD SUSPENSION WITH THE LOAD BEAM, AND METHOD OF FORMING LOAD BENDS OF THE LOAD BEAM
A load beam of a head suspension has a rigid part and a resilient part supported with a base to be attached to a carriage arm. The load beam applies a load onto a head supported at a front end of... |
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US20150255094 |
BASE PLATE WITH RELIEF RING FOR SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY WITH MODIFIED DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS
A base plate system including a base plate with first and second opposite surfaces, a boss tower extending from the first surface of the base plate and having an outer surface, a swaging hole... |
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US20130155547 |
DAMPING MATERIAL TO INCREASE A DAMPING RATIO
A damping material to increase a damping ratio is disclosed. In one embodiment, an actuator arm assembly of a hard-disk drive (HDD) comprises an actuator arm. A viscoelastic layer is coupled with... |
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US20080247090 |
Head Holding Member, Disk Device With the Head Holding Member,
And Head Holding Method In The Disk Device
The present invention provides a head holding member and a head holding method of a head actuator having a very high impact resisting property by a simple construction, and a disk device using the... |
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US20150187377 |
SUSPENSION BOARD WITH CIRCUIT AND HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY
A suspension board with circuit includes a piezoelectric element mounting portion for mounting thereon a piezoelectric element. The conductive pattern is configured to be electrically connected to... |
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US20140313618 |
TOLERANCE RING
A tolerance ring is formed of a plate member, in a ring shape that is substantially circular along a predetermined direction, and provided with a plurality of protrusions projected radially in a... |
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US20140118863 |
HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND DISK DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
A head gimbal assembly includes a base plate, a load beam, a first end of which is supported by the base plate, a magnetic head supported at a second end of the load beam, a flexure including a... |
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US20120224282 |
ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE
An electrical connection structure for a piezoelectric element and a head suspension with the piezoelectric element employing the electrical connection structure are provided. The electrical... |
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US20100014193 |
LAMP MEMBER FOR STORAGE DISK DRIVE, STORAGE DISK DRIVE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING POSITION OF HEAD ACTUATOR
According to one embodiment, a storage disk drive includes a housing, a storage disk, a head actuator, a load tab, a ramp member, a magnetic pattern, and an electromagnetic transducer device. The... |
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US20050024776 |
Head suspension assembly, head stack assembly and disk apparatus
A hard disk drive has a head suspension assembly having a magnetic head at the front end. The head suspension assembly is configured by providing a suspension at the front end of an arm. Near the... |
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US20080024927 |
HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND HARD DISK DRIVE HAVING THE SAME
A head gimbal assembly includes a load beam to support a slider where a read/write head is mounted, a base plate arranged close to the load beam, and a step connection portion to connect the load... |
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US20070030599 |
Base plate, hard disk drive with the base plate, and method for attaching head stack assembly on the base plate
A base plate includes a head stack assembly installation portion on which a head stack assembly is rotatably installed, and a step portion restricting rotation of a shipping comb by hooking the... |
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US20100321833 |
TOLERANCE RING ASSEMBLY
A tolerance ring has a band (16) with outwardly extending corrugated protrusions forming waves (2) which engage a surface (8) of the bore (4) in a housing (5). At one end of the tolerance ring is... |
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US20140268425 |
NON-CIRCULAR FEATURE FOR BOSS TOWER ENGAGEMENT
A head stack assembly comprising an actuator arm having an aperture therein, a head suspension assembly comprising a load beam having a mounting region with a aperture therein, and a base plate... |
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US20100284110 |
APPARATUS OF A ARM LIMITER FOR MINIMIZING EFFECT OF NON-OPERATIONAL SHOCK IN A HARD DISK DRIVE
This application discloses a hard disk drive comprising a arm limiter mounted on a disk base to limit movement of the actuator arms during a non-operational shock event while parked. The arm... |
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US20080259503 |
Magnetic disk drive and soldering method of feed-through
Embodiments of the present invention help to achieve a solder joining structure having high reliability, in which even if a componential material of a flange of a feed-through of a sealed magnetic... |
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US20120275064 |
DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION
In a disk drive suspension including a baseplate and a load beam, a boss portion and protrusions are formed on the baseplate. The protrusions are formed in positions on a first surface of the... |
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US20050052784 |
Suspension assembly and magnetic disk drive
A compact hard disk drive that operates silently at a low power consumption needs a suspension assembly that places a low load on the magnetic head. In one embodiment, a suspension assembly... |
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US20120327537 |
Shield Stabilization Configuration With Applied Bias
An apparatus includes a sensor stack, first and second shields positioned on opposite sides of the sensor stack, and a first shield stabilization structure adjacent to the first shield and... |
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US20090207526 |
Head Support Device, Disk Device Having The Head Support Device, And Portable Electronic Device Having The Disk Device
A head support device allowing a further increase in shock resistance against an external impact, a disk device having the head support device, and a portable electronic device having the disk... |
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US20090231758 |
HEAD SUSPENSION UNIT AND HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY
A groove is formed on the surface of a base plate in a head suspension unit. A flexure extends from a load beam and received in the groove of the base plate. The flexure is thus allowed to extend... |
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US20120224281 |
FLEXURE AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH FLEXURE
A flexure has a metal base plate, an insulating layer formed on the metal base plate, a wiring pattern formed on the insulating layer, a read-write head connected to a first end of the wiring... |
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US20060274450 |
Suspension bend section with stiffness-reducing features
An actuator load beam comprising a preload bend section defining an array of differently configured stiffness-reducing features. The stiffness-reducing features are characteristically sized in... |
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US20140022675 |
DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION
A microactuator element is disposed on a gimbal portion of a flexure. A first end of the element is secured to a first supporting portion by a first insulating adhesive. A second end is secured to... |