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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7315436 | Suspension assembly with a shape memory actuator coupled to a gimbal A suspension assembly for use with a disk drive having a disk and a slider. The suspension assembly includes a gimbal for receiving the slider. The suspension assembly further includes a shape memory actuator coupled to the gimbal. The shape memory actuator is forme... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7035052 | Magnetic head parking apparatus using deformable member A magnetic head parking apparatus of a hard disk drive for parking a magnetic head installed on an actuator includes a deformation member reversibly deformable in a direction in which the magnetic head is separated from a disk by pressing one side of the actuator, a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6941642 | Head stack load comb for controlled head loading Disclosed is a head stack load comb used in the controlled loading of a head of a head stack assembly (HSA) onto a disk during the assembly of a disk drive. The HSA includes an actuator arm, a head, and a loading surface. The load comb includes a base structure and ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6826138 | Method for aligning actuator assembly to a base in a miniature optical disk drive Disclosed is a method for aligning a rotating device such as an actuator assembly to a base of, for example, a disk drive. The device is rotatably mounted to the base about the pivot pin. The method may involve adjusting the angular position of the pivot pin relativ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6751843 | Method for improved static attitude of head suspension assemblies with electrical interconnects The present invention provides a method for improving the static attitude of a head suspension assembly by improving the manufacture of electrical interconnects by providing a laterally directed tension on the electrical interconnect during manufacture, thereby subs... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6134076 | Adjustment feature for load/unload alignment of multiple disk stack ramp assembly A disk drive system includes a base, a disk stack rotatably attached to the base, and an actuator assembly movably attached to the base. A ramp assembly includes a set of ramps for loading and unloading the transducing elements to and from the disks in th... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6067208 | Adjustment feature for load/unload alignment ramp assembly A disk drive system includes a base, a disk stack rotatably attached to the base, and an actuator assembly movably attached to the base. A ramp assembly includes a set of ramps for loading and unloading the transducing elements to and from the disks in th... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6057987 | Rigid disk drive with dynamic head loading apparatus and method of manufacturing a rigid disk drive with dynamic head loading apparatus In one embodiment, a rigid disk drive including a rotary actuator having a lift tab extending asymmetrically from the end of the load beam which supports a slider with read/write element is disclosed. The free end of the lift tab cooperates with a cam sur... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5973886 | Adjustable head load ramp for digital video disk drive system A disk drive for use with a digital video disk has an adjustable head load ramp mounted to a housing. The head load ramp comprises a ramp body having a proximal end, a distal end and a cam surface near the distal end. An adjustment mechanism at the proxim... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5307224 | Magnetic disk storage unit with magnetic head separating mechanism for separating float type magnetic head from magnetic disk A disk storage unit according to the present invention has a head driving member for driving a float type head so that a head can be separated from a disk while the disk stops rotating and approached to the disk when the disk starts to rotate, and a head ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5060099 | Disc drive slider lifter using shape memory metals A slider lifter arrangement is provided for conventional disc drive assemblies. The slider lifter includes a wire support having a pair of wire support arms extending outward from a head positioning assembly adjacent opposite sides of a flexure arm that c... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5023737 | Disc drive slider lifter using shape memory materials A slider lifter for a disc drive is disclosed which utilizes an element of a shape memory alloy to lift multiple transducer heads away from the surfaces of a plurality of stacked discs. The slider lifter includes a support post and a pair of opposing comb... | 06/11/1991 |
