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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120879 | Head suspension, load beam, method of manufacturing load beam, and method of processing work A method of manufacturing a load beam directly improves the finishing accuracy of the surface of the load beam having a tab and/or a dimple, and the method includes a modifying process of preparing a flat plate work serving as the load beam and irradiating a part of... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107232 | External hard disk box The present invention discloses an external hard disk box. An upper cover and a lower cover of the box are positioned and fixed by soft silicon rings or silicon covers, without requiring any screw. In addition, a data transmission line associated with the external h... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7983006 | Suspension for disc drive apparatus A suspension has a load beam and a flexure having a tongue portion to which a slider is attached. The load beam has a pin insertion hole formed between a proximal portion of the load beam and the slider and an opening formed between a distal portion of the load beam... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969689 | Spacer keys with pivoting supports An apparatus for attaching one or more HGAs to an actuator assembly including one or more actuator arms comprises a set of pivoting supports corresponding to the one or more HGAs and mechanisms that pivot each of the pivoting supports between open positions and clos... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7782570 | Inverted pocket welding for disk drive head suspensions A method for welding first and second head suspension components having opposite sides to one another. The first component has a weld pocket in one of its sides. The second component is positioned on the side of the first component opposite the side with the weld po... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7564652 | Head gimbal assembly including a one-piece structural suspension and an accessory plate, and method of manufacturing the same A head gimbal assembly, including a slider, a suspension having a slider holding plate, and an accessory plate mounted on the suspension having a dimple to partially hold the slider holder plate. ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7474508 | Head gimbal assembly with air bearing slider crown having reduced temperature sensitivity A head gimbal assembly includes a slider and novel gimbal that may reduce crown sensitivity to temperature without substantially sacrificing the ability of a bond between the gimbal tongue and slider to resist applied forces and torques. The gimbal has a tongue that... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7380329 | Method of assembling a head gimbal assembly A method of assembling a head gimbal assembly. The method comprises a series of steps which include: stacking a base plate, a load beam, and a flexure to form a three-layered stacked series with at least a bottom layer being a base plate series; joining portions of ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7359158 | Suspension of disc drive A suspension for disc drive has a base portion including a base plate, a load beam, a pair of hinge members, a wired flexure, etc. The wired flexure has a metal base and a wiring portion on the metal base. The hinge members are fixed overlapping the rear end portion... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7342750 | Method for providing electrical crossover in a laminated structure An externally wireless laminated suspension for a hard disk drive are disclosed. In one embodiment, the externally wireless laminated suspension has an insulating layer to electrically isolate a first and second electrical trace from a conductive support layer. The ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337529 | Method for forming an electrical interconnect to a spring layer in an integrated lead suspension A method for forming an electrical interconnect to the spring metal layer in an integrated lead suspension or suspension component of the type having a multi-layer structure including a spring metal layer and a conductor layer separated by a dielectric insulator lay... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320174 | Methods for creating ground paths for ILS Methods for creating a ground path between a stainless steel suspension and a copper trace layer in an integrated lead assembly of a disk drive suspension. The invention prevents electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage by providing a means for grounding a lead to a con... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315435 | Disk drives, head stack, head gimbal and suspension assemblies having positional conductive features A disk drive includes a disk, and a head stack assembly (HSA). The HSA includes a preamplifier; an actuator assembly that defines an actuator arm; a load beam supported by the actuator arm, the load beam defining a registration feature. A flexure is coupled to the l... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312954 | Suspension bearings for data storage drive A stacked suspension assembly for a data storage drive having, for example, at least two suspension members with each suspension member has a bearing hole therethrough. At least one spacer is positioned between the at least two suspension members to separate adjacen... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304824 | Plated base plate for suspension assembly in disk drive A swage mount for a recording head suspension comprising a flange, and a hub made of a base metal extending from the flange, and at least an outer surface of the hub is plated with one or more layers of metal which provides increased retention torque, and/or increas... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301730 | Suspension with stiffened end-tab for actuator in data storage device An end-tab extends from a suspension for an actuator within a data storage device such as a HDD (hard disk drive). A suspension body supports a read/write head, and the end-tab extends from the suspension body. At least one dimension, such as the width and/or the he... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7265944 | Load beam spring portion with enhanced resistance to plastic deformation in manufacturing processes A load beam for a disk drive suspension in which the radius of the perimeter transition between the load beam portion and the load beam spring portion is increased to ensure the stress encountered when the load beam is bent from its normal range, for installation in... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7197812 | Method for loading single head in a hard disk drive A method for loading single head in a hard disk drive includes the following steps: mounting a head assembly (30) in a baseplate (10) of a hard disk drive, the head assembly comprising an actuator arm (32), a suspension (34) and a HGA, th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194795 | Method for manufacturing a head suspension A head suspension or head suspension component for supporting a head slider over a rigid disk in a dynamic storage device and a method of manufacturing. The head suspension includes a head suspension component and a compliant locating feature formed within the head ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7170716 | Method of forming a head suspension with an integral boss tower A method of making a multi-piece head suspension for a rigid disk drive. The method includes providing a first layer including a mounting region with an integral boss tower attached to a stiffener by one or more positioning tabs; attaching a second layer including a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161766 | Base plate structure, transfer system, and method and apparatus for assembling a head gimbal assembly A base plate and load beam for an HG assembly are formed in series, stacked, and transferred by a transfer system in the form of the stacked-layer series to undergo the necessary assembly processes such as layer joining, slider attachment, and electrical connections... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158347 | Grounding connection between suspension flexure and arm actuator An actuator arm assembly of a hard disk drive. The assembly includes a flexure that is attached to an actuator arm and a head coupled to the flexure. The head is coupled to a pre-amplifier circuit of the drive. The head is also electrically grounded through the flex... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7106541 | Digital device configuration and method A digital Storage Element is described. A device is configured including a Storage Element for access by a user responsive to a native control code. A processing arrangement executes a control program for controlling the overall device and executing at least a porti... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7088558 | Disk drive head suspension with flexure and load beam supported on opposite sides of carriage arm To be capable of precisely positioning a head on a track of a high-density disk rotated at high speed in the disk drive, a head suspension has a plate (3) to be attached to a carriage of the disk drive and turned around a spindle, a load beam (5) havin... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7068469 | Head supporting assembly, head driving assembly, and disk drive apparatus A head supporting assembly has high flexibility, while applying a necessary and sufficient pressing force to a head, is excellent in shock resistance, and provides a stabilized pressing force not affected by manufacturing variations, and a head driving assembly and ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7035054 | Magnetic head apparatus, magnetic head supporting mechanism and magnetic recording apparatus having an improved impact resistance A load beam is provided with a base plate and a slider. A magnetic head apparatus is fixed to a head arm via a base plate. In a mechanism or structure for supporting such a magnetic head supporting mechanism, an elastically deformable portion is provided between the... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6967820 | Head suspension for disk drive A head suspension for a disk drive has a flexure extended from a load beam toward a plate. The flexure is structured to prevent fluttering. The head suspension has the plate attached to a carriage and turned around a spindle, the load beam having a rigid part and a ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6956720 | Head suspension for disk drive having a recess between a flange contact face and a boss A head suspension for a disk drive has a load beam, a base plate, and a recess. The base plate has a thin flange and is capable of improving the attaching accuracy and strength of the head suspension to a carriage arm of the disk drive. The base plate has the flange... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952329 | Disk drive with localized thermal processing of integrated lead suspensions for controlling the pitch static attitude of sliders A disk drive is provided with controlled pitch static attitude of the sliders 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. Localiz... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950282 | Device for reducing damage due to head slap within a hard disk drive A hard disk drive assembly that includes a device for limiting a movement of a head of a head gimbal assembly from a surface of a disk. The head is coupled to the disk and attached to a suspension of the head gimbal assembly. The invented device limits a distance th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940696 | Head suspension for disk drive having a contact face to receive jig A head suspension for a disk drive includes a plate that is easily and correctly be attached to a carriage of the disk drive and improves the attaching accuracy and strength of the head suspension to the carriage. The head suspension includes the plate and a load be... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940695 | Head suspension for disk drive, and semi-finished suspension A semi-finished suspension (55) is used for manufacturing a head suspension (11) for a disk drive. The semi-finished suspension includes a base plate (37), a rigid part (27) solidly joined with the base plate through a bridge (57),... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937441 | Disc drive suspension having features enabling relative positioning of load beam and flexure An extending portion extending from the proximal portion of the load beam of a disc drive suspension has a first hole in which a first positioning pin can be inserted and a second hole in which a second positioning pin can be inserted. The first hole has an elongate... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6914751 | Disc drive suspension with positioning features enabling load beam and flexure to be positioned relative to one another An extending portion of a load beam is formed having a first hole in which a first positioning pin can be inserted and a second hole in which a second positioning pin can be inserted. The first hole has an elongated shape that allows the extending portion of the loa... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6870708 | Weld pads for head suspensions Method and apparatus for providing a welded attachment between components for a disk drive head suspension where the material of at least one of the components is not suitable for welding directly to the material of the other component. The method and apparatus incl... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6813119 | Disc drive suspension whose extending portion and flexure can be regulated An extending portion of a hinge member is formed having a first hole in which a first positioning pin can be inserted and a second hole in which a second positioning pin can be inserted. The first hole has an elongated shape that allows the extending portion of the ... | 11/02/2004 |
