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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120878 | Tubular stiffening rails for head suspension components A relatively stiff head suspension component. The suspension component is comprised of a sheet material having a major surface with side-edges. Tubular stiffening rails are integrally formed on the side-edges from the sheet material. The tubular rails have a substan... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7952836 | Varying thickness partial etch rails for disk drive head suspensions A load beam or load beam component having rails for use with a disk drive head suspension. The load beam or component is formed from a sheet of material having a first thickness. One or more polygons, beams or other structures having the full first thickness are for... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7859795 | Outer actuator arm constrained layer dampers Outer arm constrained layer dampers to improve actuator dynamics are disclosed. One embodiment provides a housing and disk pack mounted to the housing and having a plurality of disks that are rotatable relative to the housing. In addition, an actuator is coupled to ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7773344 | Suspension having separately optimized torsion stiffness and vertical stiffness A disk drive suspension has laterally separated mount plate cooperating structure of a pair of spaced, left and right hand continued extents defining engagement structures extending into the vertical plane of the suspension hinge portion, and laterally separated bea... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7701672 | Suspension with locally stiffened load beam A loadbeam is locally stiffened by either, 1. the addition of strategically placed extra material to the loadbeam, 2. not removing material during the etching process to form the loadbeam, or 3. special forming, by crimping or bending, at specific sites on the beam.... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7688551 | Head suspension assembly and storage device A hinge plate is bonded to a base plate and a load beam in a head suspension assembly. The load beam includes a wide section and a narrow section extending forward from the front end of the wide section. The head suspension assembly allows the load beam to have a na... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7688550 | Head suspension A head suspension for a hard disk drive includes a base to be attached to a carriage of the head disk drive and turned around a spindle. A load beam includes a rigid part and a resilient part separated from the rigid part, to apply load onto a head that is arranged ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7595962 | Head suspension having rigid part rail diminished at longitudinal curve The head suspension includes a base plate turned around a spindle, a load beam, and a flexure. The load beam includes the rigid part, a resilient part, and a head. A base end of the rigid part is attached to the resilient part, which is supported with the base plate... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7551400 | Head suspension with vibration damping for a data storage device An apparatus, method and combination for dissipating vibration from a head suspension of a data storage device. The combination includes a rotating disc in a data exchange relationship with a read/write head supported by a head suspension formed by the method. The m... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7542241 | Disk drive suspension with 1and 2torsion control through rail height variation and offsetting beam portion deflection For controlling 1st and 2nd torsion characteristics in a disk drive suspension, a disk drive suspension is provided having a beam portion with edge rails extending along its edge regions, the edge rails are locally varied substantially identica... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7508633 | Asymmetric load beam for improving resonance performance of hard disk drive suspension Structure for a load beam used in hard disk drive devices includes an asymmetric structure. The load beam exhibits longitudinal asymmetry (i.e., asymmetry along its long axis) in regard to the weight distribution, but has a center of mass that lies along its longitu... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7486481 | Disc drive suspension including a load beam that has an insular region at which a laser weld is formed provided in an interior of a partially etched portion In a disc drive suspension having a load beam and a flexure lapped on the load beam, the load beam and the flexure are fixed to each other by a laser weld. The load beam has an insular region including the laser weld of the load beam and a partially etched portion f... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7430096 | Head suspension with etched rail load beam A head suspension load beam having a longitudinal axis, first and second edges, and first and second opposite side surfaces. The load beam includes a central rail structure extending along at least a part of the longitudinal axis. The load beam also includes a first... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420778 | Suspension component with sealed damping layer An assembly includes a suspension component with a surface extending over a flexible region of the suspension component. The assembly also includes a damping layer disposed in a pattern that extends onto the surface. A sealing layer that is non-friable covers the da... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7375927 | Laminated headlift structure for disk drive suspensions A head suspension load beam including a beam region and a headlift formed by etching from a laminated sheet of material having first and second stainless steel layers separated by a polyimide layer. The beam region includes a base portion formed from the first stain... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369368 | Head stack assembly having an actuator body with multiple slots adjacent to a bore A head stack assembly for a disk drive includes an actuator body. The actuator body includes a pair of sides, a bore defining a longitudinal axis, a first slot extending between the pair of sides, a second slot extending along a direction perpendicular to the longit... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369366 | Suspension assembly of actuator for disk drive with portion of load beam inclined lengthwise between limiter and leading end A suspension assembly of an actuator for a disk drive to support a slider, on which a read/write head is mounted, elastically biased toward a surface of a disk. The suspension assembly includes: a load beam coupled to an end of a swing arm of the actuator; a flexure... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365944 | Magnetic head suspension with reduced mass load beam portion A magnetic head suspension includes a flexure portion, a load bend portion, a load beam portion, and a base portion. The load beam portion includes: a base end area continuously connected with the load bend portion; an intermediate area extending from the base end a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355817 | Head suspension assembly with femto-slider and disk device provided with the same A head suspension assembly of a disk device comprises a head having a femto-slider, which is flied by an air current generated between the slider and a surface of the recording medium as the recording medium rotates, and a recording element which is provided on the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| RE40203 | Magnetic head suspension assembly fabricated with integral load beam and flexure A magnetic head suspension assembly is fabricated with an integral piece which includes a load beam section, a flexure section, a rear mount section and a leaf spring section between the load beam and rear mount. A tongue extends from the load beam to the flexure an... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352537 | Tuned damper for disk drive actuator arm Embodiments of the present invention include a disk drive actuator arm for reducing amplitude of vibration modes substantially planar to a disk surface. The actuator arm comprises a plurality of head arms coupled to the actuator arm, the head arms substantially equa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336444 | Magnetic head assembly Vibrations in a magnetic head assembly equipped with a magnetic head, caused by the effects of the flow of air arising from the high-speed rotation of a magnetic disk, can be suppressed by affixing a damping material to the magnetic head assembly. As a result, accur... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332037 | Numerical jet machine for the application of a coating onto a substrate The invention concerns a contactless numerical printing machine for products of average fluidity, such as varnish, glue, and conducting or scratchable ink, onto a substrate of variable thickness and dimensions. The machine includes a special device for printing with... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333299 | Head supporting mechanism including two load beams with ribs overlapped with each other A suspension is provided, which comprises: a flexure with elasticity for supporting a head slider having at least one head element; a first load beam having first ribs for reinforcement at both side ends of the first load beam, for supporting the flexure; and a seco... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7304823 | Suspension for head slider having higher resistance to vibration A suspension for a head slider includes a load beam. A base material of the load beam is covered with first and second elastic films extending on the front and back surfaces of the base material. The second elastic film is continuous with the first elastic film. The... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298589 | HDD suspension and method including contoured rail and ports Techniques for reducing weight while maintaining sufficient stiffness of a suspension assembly in provided. The suspension assembly includes a surface having a proximal end and distal end. A length is defined between the proximal end and the distal end. At least one... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292411 | Disk head suspension arm having comb receiving portion A head suspension for a disk drive includes a base (5) to be attached to a carriage, a load beam (3) having a rigid part (9) and a resilient part (11) supported by the base, to apply load on a data read/write head (19) arranged at ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283332 | Suspension with improved gimbal A suspension includes a load beam section and a gimbal section, which is formed with the load beam section as a single, continuous piece of material, having a top surface and a bottom surface. The gimbal section has a first end formed with to the load beam section a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283330 | Method of manufacturing a suspension using coining A method of manufacturing a suspension member designed to carry a slider and read/write head elements in a magnetic data storage device. The method includes forming the suspension member into a desired length and width configuration with a nominal thickness dimensio... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274537 | Windage stripper for an actuator and rotating disc An actuator with a moveable block and supporting a cantilevered arm has a windage stripper supported for movement in unison with the block and spanning a cantilevered length of the arm. The actuator has a load member connected to the arm and supports a data head at ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7236330 | Disk head stability system A slider assembly, comprising a slider having a magnetic head for reading and/or writing to a storage medium, and a vibration absorber operatively coupled to the slider for reducing mechanical vibrations of the slider caused by contact of the slider with the storage... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224554 | Suspension load beam with a composite damping core A suspension load beam used for attachment to a slider assembly and an actuation arm in a disc drive for data storage has a rigid middle beam section comprising a rigid bottom layer, a rigid top layer and a composite core layer sandwiched between the bottom layer an... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219413 | Adjusting system and method for head slider mounting regions on head suspensions A method for adjusting static attitude of a head suspension is provided that includes providing an adjustment pin and adjusting the static attitude of a supported head suspension by contacting the head suspension with the adjustment pin to cause a predetermined atti... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209325 | Suspension damping method with minimum impact on preload stiffness The present invention relates to a suspension assembly that includes a load beam having a bend section with a bending stiffness and an in-plane stiffness. The assembly also includes a constraint or stiffening layer cooperatively attached to the bend section. The con... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199980 | Plate welding structure and head suspension A head suspension provided with a plate welding structure relaxes a laser beam positioning accuracy, improves a mass production ability, suppresses the generation of spattered matter, and prevents the deformation of plates during welding. The head suspension ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7152303 | Method of localized thermal processing of integrated lead suspensions for controlling the pitch static attitude of sliders A method is provided for controlling the pitch static attitude of a slider in an integrated lead suspension head gimbal assembly. The integrated lead suspension includes a load beam, a mount plate, a hinge and a flexure made out of a multi-layer material. Localized ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149057 | Open-channel torsion bend section According to the present invention there is provided a head positioning suspension for a modern disc drive. The suspension has a base, a load beam, and a bend section. The load beam extends in a first plane and has a longitudinal axis extending between its first and... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136246 | Method and apparatus for limiting shock damage to hard disk drive during operation A disk drive controller establishes an active region on a disk that corresponds to a region of the disk wherein effects of mechanical shock to the disk drive during read and/or write operations are mitigated by a motion limiting element. The controller stores data i... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136261 | Aerodynamically shaped load beam having reduced windage and reduced off-track PES A suspension for supporting a head slider over a media surface. The suspension includes a load beam, a base plate interface region, and a base plate. The load beam has a proximal end, a distal end and longitudinal centerline. A localized stiffening portion is raised... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133259 | Head suspension for disk drive and method of manufacturing head suspension A head suspension for a disk drive has a base (19) to be attached to a carriage, a load beam (21) having a rigid part (27) and a resilient part (29) supported by the base, to apply load on a data read/write head (13) arranged at a ... | 11/07/2006 |
