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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7330338 | Method for adjusting pitch and roll in a head suspension Apparatus and method for adjusting at least one of a pitch and roll parameter of a gimbal for a head suspension assembly having a pair of members contacting at least one gimbal arm at spaced apart locations and having an additional member contacting the gimbal arm i... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7312956 | Micro-actuator, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive unit with the same A head gimbal assembly includes a slider, a rotatable micro-actuator and a suspension to load the slider and the rotatable micro-actuator. The rotatable micro-actuator horizontally rotates the slider with a central portion of the slider as an axis, which includes a ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7184245 | Head slider to be adhered to precise positioning actuator, head gimbal assembly with the head slider, method for adhering the head slider to the actuator, manufacturing method of head slider and manufacturing method of head gimbal assembly A head slider provided with at least one head element, to be fixed to an actuator for precisely positioning the at least one head element, including adhering sections to be adhered to the actuator, and recesses for receiving an adhesive. At least one of the recesses... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164559 | Head actuator with elastic members oriented at obtuse angles relative to an arm and hard disk apparatus equipped with same A head actuator is made thinner without sacrificing its strength to thereby achieve the thinning of a hard disk apparatus. On the base end of each of two suspensions is provided a boss that protrudes in the direction of the side on which a magnetic head is provided,... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7158350 | Ground interconnects Apparatus and method for grounding a flexure of a head suspension assembly to a moving support such as an actuator arm or an E block close to a preamplifier, write driver or other wiring such as a flexible circuit located on the moving support in a disk drive assemb... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7142394 | Method and apparatus for an improved magnetic head arm assembly A system and method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly (HAA), reducing complexity of design and difficulty of manufacture, is disclosed. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7099115 | Head gimbal assembly with precise positioning actuator for head element, disk drive apparatus with the head gimbal assembly, and manufacturing method of the head gimbal assembly An HGA includes a head slider with at least one head element, a precise positioning actuator fixed to the head slider for precisely positioning the at least one head element, and a support for supporting the actuator. The actuator has a pair of movable arms capable ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083078 | System and method for manufacture of a hard disk drive arm and bonding of magnetic head to suspension on a drive arm A system and method are disclosed for the manufacture of a hard disk drive arm and the bonding of magnetic head to suspension on the drive arm. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6950284 | Cleating features to improve adhesive interface between an actuator tang and a tang-supporting surface of an actuator assembly of a hard disk drive A disk drive includes a disk, a latch assembly including a magnet and a head stack assembly for reading and writing to the disk. The head stack assembly includes a body portion defining a through bore that defines a pivot axis; an actuator arm cantilevered from the ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937443 | System and method for a three-piece design of a magnetic head assembly A system and method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly (HAA) is disclosed. The HAA includes three principal components, a head gimbal assembly (HGA), a flexible printed circuit (FPC) assembly, and an actuator coil assembly. The design allows for HAA rigidity... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6765761 | Swageless mount plate or unimount arm based milliactuated suspension A milliactuated disk drive suspension assembly includes a mount plate, a functional end for supporting a transducer-carrying slider, a hinge disposed between the mount plate and the functional end, and a sway compliant region on the mount plate adapted to facilitate... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6634085 | Method of attaching a magnetic recording head suspension assembly to a thermoplastic actuator arm Transducer suspensions are attached to actuator arms by means of bonding a portion of a thermoplastic actuator arm to the magnetic recording head suspension assembly. The actuator arm has rail portions that provide a channel in which the load beam and bas... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6625871 | Method of attaching magnetic recording heads to actuator arms using thermoplastic bonding A method of attaching a load beam to a head actuator arm. A number of weld holes are provided in the load beam and the actuator arm. A thermoplastic base plate is aligned over the weld holes in the load beam and the actuator arm. A heating tool having a n... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6446325 | Method of making a swagable metal arm tip for a ceramic actuator arm A method of forming a swagable metal actuator arm tip having a metal swage plug for ceramic actuator arms, the method comprising the formation of a metal swage plug within a tip opening in an actuator arm, the metal insert being an appropriate metal in ei... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6215625 | Apparatus and method for adhesive bridge suspension attachment An apparatus and method for assembling baseplates, which are joined to head suspensions, to actuator arms of an E-block for use in disk drives employ an assembly fixture for orienting and holding the head suspensions with reference to a pivot bearing form... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6181527 | Transducer suspension system including a frequency dependent shunt A transducer suspension system comprises an actuator arm and a suspension. The suspension is comprised of a load beam and a laminated member. The laminated member has an electrically conducting layer and electrical insulating layer, and an electrically co... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6172852 | Actuator assembly for a disc drive having stacked actuator arms with interlocked asperities on mating surfaces An actuator assembly for suspending and positioning at least one read/write head over at least one substantially flat surface of magnetic media is disclosed. The actuator assembly is comprised of at least one HSA and at least one actuator arm. Each actuat... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6021023 | Transducer suspension system and method An actuator arm has a recess portion in its side surface which is positioned vertically during manufacture. A suspension having etched passages is placed next to the actuator arm such that the passages intersect the recess portion. A liquid adhesive is pl... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5864446 | Head assembly for recording and reproducing including a head supporting part having a protection member A head assembly having a head for recording and reproducing and a head-supporting part for supporting the head includes a signal-conducting pattern formed on the head-supporting part and connected to the head and a protection member formed at a portion of... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5841609 | Assembly connecting suspension to actuator arm utilizing adhesive injecting hole An apparatus for fixing a suspension to an actuator arm has a mounting portion. The mounting portion has a first hole for fixing the suspension and a second hole for injecting an adhesive. The second hole is substantially perpendicular to the first hole a... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5808835 | Head supporting device utilizing adhesive to secure the load beam to the actuator arm in a disk drive system A head supporting apparatus comprises an arm driven by a positioning motor of a disk drive and a suspension adhered to a suspension attachment portion of the arm via a base plate. The suspension includes a load beam, a head, and so on. A coarse surface is... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5759418 | Adhesively attached hard disk head suspension and etching process A head gimbal assembly for disk drives is attached to an actuator arm using an adhesive. An etch pattern is formed in the mount plate of the head gimbal assembly, defining a mating surface area. An actuator arm is received by the mating surface area, the ... | 06/02/1998 |
