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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156633 | Transport comb for head stack assembly An HSA transport comb includes an alignment pin extending from the comb body into a tooling hole of the actuator arm, and a separator finger in contact with a suspension assembly of an HGA with the transport comb in a second angular orientation with respect to the a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151440 | Method for manufacturing a head suspension A method for manufacturing a head suspension is capable of suppressing the dispersion in the vibration control effect of a head suspension and improve productivity, the manufacturing method includes a step of punching, by use of a hollow punch having a tooth portion... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139351 | Rotary-disc memory device A rotary-disc memory device comprises a memory device body which is connected to a rotary disc through a connecting shaft. The rotary disc is rotated to drive the connecting shaft to push the memory device body, so that the memory device body can be extended out of ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8087156 | Methods of manufacturing fluid-dynamic-pressure bearing and spindle motor incorporating the bearing, and spindle motor and recording-disk drive incorporating the bearing In spindle motors journaled on fluid-dynamic-pressure bearings, especially in such spindle motors employed in recording-disk drives in implementations that subject the drives to vibration and shock, sealing performance of a capillary seal formed between motor rotor-... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8033008 | Method for supporting manufacture of a magnetic disk A defect inspection is performed for each of glass substrates by a surface defect detector. The distance from the center of the glass substrate to a detected defect, as a radius of a nonmagnetic region to be formed circular, is recorded along with an ID assigned to ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7984545 | Approaches for manufacturing a head gimbal assembly Approaches for helping to decrease the amount of inactive gas necessary for reflow to interconnect connection terminals of a head slider and a suspension. Inactive gas is blown from a nozzle of a reflow apparatus toward interconnection joints of a head slider and a ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7963022 | Method for joining components with shape memory alloys A method of swaging a head gimbal assembly (HGA) to an actuator arm comprises positioning a tubular element on the HGA adjacent a hole in the actuator arm; restraining the subassembly; providing a rod formed from a shape memory alloy (SMA), the SMA having a martensi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7926167 | Method to assemble a disk drive A method to assemble a disk drive having a spindle that includes a hub. At least one disk is placed on the hub. A clamp is fastened to the hub by a plurality of threaded fasteners. Each of the plurality of threaded fasteners is initially tightened. After initial tig... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921543 | Method of manufacturing a disk drive using a media cover A method of manufacturing a disk drive is disclosed. After installing at least one disk into a base, a media cover is coupled to the base, wherein the media cover covers at least a portion of the disk. After coupling the media cover to the base, a head coupled to an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921542 | Manufacturing method of a disk drive unit Certain example embodiments relate to a manufacturing method for a disk drive unit. At least one head gimbal assembly having first terminal pads is provided. A controlling circuit for controlling the at least one head gimbal assembly is provided, with the controllin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7908739 | Motor assembly and method of manufacturing thereof In a manufacturing method, energy beam heat is radiated to a target area of the motor assembly which is used for a storage disk drive. By radiating energy beam thereto, a portion of the motor assembly is deformed in a non-contact manner, thus, without being affected... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900341 | Method of manufacturing hard disk recording device using patterned medium A high yield in a manufacture of an HDD having a high recording density and using a patterned medium by a trench-like or a dot-like pattern is realized. In this HDD manufacturing method, a magnetic field size (writing and reading) of a head in a head manufacturing p... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891079 | Manufacturing apparatus of a head gimbal assembly and manufacturing method of a head gimbal assembly A bending apparatus of a head gimbal assembly includes a suction unit configured to attract the head gimbal assembly, a movement unit configured to move a long tail connected to a terminal part, a stopper against which the moved long tail is butted, a transmission t... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882616 | Manufacturing single-sided storage media In one embodiment, a method can include providing first and second intermediate structures, each having first and second surfaces. Also, the method can include placing the first surface of the first intermediate structure adjacent to the first surface of the second ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7861399 | Tool for loading a head onto a disk of 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... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7845067 | Actuator assembly method A method for assembling an actuator assembly includes providing a first housing portion and a second housing portion; providing a coil, a pole piece, a magnet, and a completed beam; positioning the coil, pole piece, magnet, and completed beam between the housing por... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7841066 | Method for correcting floating-type magnetic head device mounted in hard disk device A correcting method for reducing variations in floating height and gram load of a floating-type magnetic head device is disclosed. The correcting method includes a first correcting step of detecting a roll-angle corresponding amount in the free state of the front en... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841065 | Method of manufacturing a load beam to adjust droop angle A load beam having a bent rail, a suspension that includes the load beam, and a related method for manufacturing a load beam. The method includes providing the load beam before the bent rail is formed, and coining the load beam at a location where the bend will occu... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832082 | Method for manufacturing an integrated lead suspension component A method for manufacturing an integrated lead suspension component. One or more first conductive ground planes are formed on a stainless steel base layer. One or more second conductive ground planes, including portions on the surface of the first conductive ground p... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7832083 | Shipping comb usable with a head stack A shipping comb combined with a head stack assembly (HSA) which includes sliders recording data onto or reading data from disks, suspensions having the sliders thereon, and end-taps at front ends of the suspensions, the shipping comb preventing the HSA from being da... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823270 | Clamp or clamp assembly having a low profile A clamp including an inverted spring portion and a plurality of tabs about a circumference of an inner portion of the clamp. The inverted spring portion of the clamp is insertable into a groove of a clamping interface between a flange and an outer portion thereof to... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7814643 | Method for reducing off-track gain for a disk drive actuator A method of redefining nodal points of rotation comprises providing an actuator assembly with a comb, a pivot having an axis of rotation, comb legs on one side of the pivot, a voice coil motor, an arm, and a head gimbal assembly mounted to the arm with a head opposi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7805827 | Method of producing a magnetic head slider In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of producing a magnetic head slider comprises the steps of forming, on the air bearing surface of the slider, an air bearing surface overcoat, removing the surface region from a hard amorphous carbon film by the i... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7774922 | Polyimide tabbing method for manufacturing disk drive head suspension components A method for manufacturing disk drive head suspension components includes supporting the components from carrier strips and/or other components by tab regions consisting substantially of a polyimide insulating layer. The components are detabbed by severing the insul... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774923 | Method of fabricating cartridge for miniature optical data storage disc A method of fabricating a cartridge for an optical data storage disc includes attaching a plastic shell and a sheet metal cover plate. The shell includes lateral walls and a floor that together define a disc cavity and a plurality of assembly posts. The sheet metal ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7757378 | Resin impregnation process with enhanced fluidic control The present invention relates to a method of sealing disk drive housing castings and the resulting housings. More specifically, as sealant is transferred between a sealant storage tank and an autoclave, the sealant is filtered to remove debris or other impurities fr... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757377 | Process for aligning a disc member on a rotatable hub A biasing tool with a main body portion, for biasing a disc relative to a central axis of rotation of a motor hub by steps for biasing the disc adjacent the motor hub. The biasing tool includes; a first and second biasing finger each having a protruding disc engagem... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757379 | Method for operating a disk drive apparatus employing a suspension having a vertical offset to reduce track mis-registration A suspension assembly for a hard disk drive includes at least two spring extensions that couple to a proximal portion of a load beam. These spring extensions are disposed by a vertical offset and couple to the load beam on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of th... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7743486 | Method for assembling a head stack assembly with a disk drive base utilizing a tooling mandrel A method for assembling a head stack assembly with a disk drive base utilizing a tooling mandrel is described. The head stack assembly includes a pivot bearing cartridge with a shaft and a sleeve. The shaft includes a shaft first end with an engagement feature. The ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7730604 | Method for assembling a disk drive using a shipping comb A method for assembling a disk drive includes providing a head stack assembly (HSA), providing a shipping comb for assembling the disk drive, inserting a comb pin of the shipping comb into a locating holes in a HSA to assemble the shipping comb with the HSA together... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7694410 | Process for testing a head stack assembly A new fixture which is capable of holding an HAS throughout all processes so that Quasi-Static Test can be done before swaging. Also, a process for testing the HAS by means of the fixture. An embodiment method may include loading head gimbal assemblies and an actuat... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7690100 | Techniques for certifying a head-gimbal assembly A device and method for testing a slider of a head-gimbal assembly during disc drive manufacturing. The device includes a test disc, an actuator arm and a control module. The test disc has a first circumferential area for detecting contact between the slider and the... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681302 | Method for manufacturing a hard disk drive arm A system and method are disclosed for improving suspension-to-slider attachment in a hard disk drive. A slider having a number of bond pads on its leading edge and a number of bond pads on its trailing edge is to be coupled to a suspension flexure having a number of... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7673381 | Method of manufacturing head suspension A method of manufacturing a head suspension includes forming a rigid part chain product where the rigid parts are provided continuously, including forming a plate-like framework for formation of the rigid part including formation margins for formation of the rails a... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661187 | Manufacturing method for magnetic disk drive The present invention relates to providing the manufacturing method for a magnetic disk drive that includes the process steps of detecting and processing in a simplified way the defective sectors causing a reading error at low operating environmental temperatures. I... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7653983 | Manufacturing assembly for manufacturing a disk drive A manufacturing assembly is disclosed for manufacturing a disk drive. The manufacturing assembly comprises a pre-merge arm having a contact surface for contacting an actuator arm of the disk drive, and an actuator operable to actuate the pre-merge arm. When installi... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7650685 | Method of manufacturing head suspension A method of manufacturing a head suspension for a hard disk drive includes a rigid part chain product manufacturing step forming a rigid part chain product where rigid parts are provided continuously, a flexure manufacturing step forming the flexure integrated with ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7624495 | Method of reducing torque out retention values in de-swaging of actuator of disk drive A lubricant is applied to swage contact surfaces in a disk drive of the type including a suspension arm connected to an actuator arm by a swaging process. A preferred thin film lubricant may be applied to the contact surfaces by immersion and draining, immersion and... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7621037 | Fixturing a head spindle assembly with a retracting collet An apparatus and associated method is provided for precisely positioning a datum surface of a component. The apparatus has a housing defining a tooling datum surface. A collet is supported by the housing, and is thereby selectively operable between an expanded mode ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7610672 | Method of reworking disk drive There is provided a disk drive that includes a base, a limiting member, an actuator, and a latch. The actuator includes an actuator catch with a catch path. The latch contacts the limiting member with the latch in an open position. The latch is biased to rotate to a... | 11/03/2009 |
