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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069554 | Assembly and method for installing a disc clamp The application discloses an assembly tool for installing a disc clamp on a spindle hub. In the illustrated embodiments, the assembly tool includes a head including an inner portion, an intermediate portion and an outer portion configured to install a disc clamp on ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7614136 | Method of producing a framing assembly A framing assembly with lower stiffness design and a method of manufacturing that framing assembly are disclosed. In one embodiment, a framing assembly pattern is cut from a piece of a thin planar material, such as metal. The pattern is then bent to form a framing a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7520047 | Method and apparatus for loading a read/write head to a spinstand Apparatus for loading a read/write head to a spinstand has a load area for receiving at least one head to be tested. The apparatus further has a first station having a coarse precisor arranged to provide a coarse positioning of the head. A first automation device is... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516537 | Method for converting a standalone network storage system into a disk drive storage enclosure An existing disk drive storage enclosure is converted into a standalone network storage system by removing one or more input/output (I/O) modules from the enclosure and installing in place thereof one or more server modules (“heads”), each implemented on a singl... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7490398 | Methods for assembling a disk drive using robotic end effector A robotic tool for assembling a portion of a disk drive includes a movable end effector that includes a first portion and a second portion that is movable relative to the first portion. The first portion may be configured to engage the actuator assembly and the seco... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7480981 | Method of producing hard disk drives of reduced size A method of producing hard disk drives of reduced size including using a one or more MEMS spindle motors, and one or more magnetic heads. Each spindle motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor carries a film of magnetic film, and a head is arranged to communica... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7424774 | Method of manufacturing a head actuator assembly and a disk drive A head actuator assembly of a disk device has a suspension which supports a head, an arm which supports the suspension and is rotatably supported by a bearing portion, signal wires which extend on the suspension and the arm and are connected electrically to the head... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7386932 | Limiter for integral flexible circuit suspension assembly and method of assembling A limiter used to limit the motion of a ring gimbal with attached slider relative to a load beam within a head suspension assembly of a disk drive. The ring gimbal includes a flexible substrate supporting at least one electrical lead and a limiter assembly joined to... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7371488 | Method of manufacturing magnetic head Provided is a method of manufacturing a magnetic head with which bonding of a slider and a suspension can be performed by taking an ABS pattern, which determines flying characteristics, as a reference, with no special fabrication required on the slider or the suspen... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367107 | Method for making a disk drive head stack assembly having a tapered pivot bearing A disk drive head stack assembly (66) of a configuration that facilitates the assembly thereof is disclosed. One or more head/arm assemblies (74) are mounted on a pivot bearing (118). This pivot bearing (118) includes a tapered section ( | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367108 | Method of bonding flying leads A method of bonding flying leads produces reliable bonds between the flying leads and substrate pads and can efficiently bond a plurality of flying leads and a plurality of substrate pads using a bonding tool. Flying leads are respectively aligned with a plurality o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363697 | Method for manufacturing a group of head gimbal assemblies A system and method for the production level screening of low flying magnetic heads in the manufacture of disk drive head disk assemblies (HDAs) is disclosed. A test disk is provided and has a plurality of bumps extending from at least one surface thereof. The test ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356908 | Method of assembling a disk drive unit via a ramp tool A disk drive unit includes a first cover having a first part of magnet component and a head stack assembly mounted on the first cover; and a second cover assembled with the first cover, which having a second part of magnet component, a spindle motor and at least one... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356907 | Method of manufacturing a carriage assembly of a hard disk drive A method of manufacturing a cartridge assembly of a hard disk drive, including a step of forming a part of a wiring circuit into flying leads and a step of forming a coating layer on the respective opposite surfaces of the bonding surfaces of the flying leads, which... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346976 | Method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive The method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive includes a process for manufacturing a semi-finished suspension product integrally including a base plate, a rigid body portion of a load beam, and a pair of connecting portions connecting the base plate and t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342749 | Method of removing lead-free solder from slider pad and magnetic disk drive A method for removing a lead-free solder from a slider pad is provided to permit re-utilization of a head/slider used in a magnetic disk drive. In one embodiment, a slider pad formed on a head/slider and a lead pad are connected to each other through a lead-free sol... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340823 | Methods for forming head suspension assemblies Embodiments include a method for forming a head suspension assembly. A spacer layer is formed in or on a silicon wafer. A transfer film including an opening defining the shape of a slider support membrane is provided, and the opening is filled with a resin material.... | 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 |
| 7336446 | Suspension board having a circuit and a flying lead portion A suspension board with circuit having a conductor layer formed in the form of a fine wiring circuit by an additive process, while providing a reduced risk of damage and breaking of the conductor layer in a flying lead portion. The suspension board with circuit comp... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7325294 | Method of making electromagnetic wave shielded write and read wires on a support for a magnetic media drive A method of making electromagnetic wave shielded read and write wires is provided. The method includes forming a bottom insulation layer on a bottom shield layer formed on a substrate. Then, forming electrically conductive wire material into openings in a first form... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322094 | Method for manufacturing a head stack assembly A head stack assembly of a disk drive unit including a head arm assembly (HAA) having a head gimbal assembly, a drive arm to be connected with the head gimbal assembly; wherein the drive arm comprises a securing portion, a connection portion and a spacer connecting ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313855 | 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... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7299536 | Method 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. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296335 | Method of detaching of magnetic head slider from head gimbal assembly A method is provided for reworking a head gimbal assembly (HGA). An ultrasonic probe is used to stress the connection between the slider component of an HGA to remove the slider from its mounting position. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287312 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head device A manufacturing method of a magnetic head device includes a preheating step of irradiating a laser beam to terminal pads of a magnetic head slider and to connection pads of a lead conductor member that is to be electrically connected to the magnetic head slider, a s... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283331 | Method and apparatus reducing off track head motion due to disk vibration in a hard disk drive The invention includes sliders provided with indented surfaces, reducing the roll center for head gimbal assemblies below the effective thickness of the slider. Head gimbal assemblies built with these sliders may reduce off-track displacements induced by disk vibrat... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275303 | Method for making a disc drive The upper voice coil motor magnet assembly (64a′) of a disk drive (10′) is magnetically aligned with the lower voice coil motor magnet assembly (64b′) using an alignment fixture (126). The alignment fixture (126... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260886 | Fastening a magnetic disk to a hub structure Embodiments of the invention provide a clamping mechanism capable of clamping a magnetic disk by an accurate fastening force. In one embodiment, a magnetic disk fastening method includes the steps of: mounting a magnetic disk on a hub structure, setting a thin plate... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260885 | System and method for rigidly coupling a disk drive to a chassis of a computer Embodiments of the present invention pertain to a method of manufacturing a disk drive coupling apparatus for rigidly coupling a disk drive to a chassis of a computer. In one embodiment, a disk drive to chassis coupler is formed and a disk drive to chassis coupler e... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257880 | Method for assembling an actuator head suspension Embodiments of the invention provide a method for easily and reliably neutralizing charge in an assembly process for an actuator head suspension assembly used in a magnetic disk device. In one embodiment, a head suspension assembly includes a wire trace that include... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240417 | Collocated metal frame PZT micro-actuator with a lower stiffness suspension design and method of manufacture of same A framing assembly with lower stiffness design and a method of manufacturing that framing assembly are disclosed. In one embodiment, a framing assembly pattern is cut from a piece of a thin planar material, such as metal. The pattern is then bent to form a framing a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234227 | Methods for centering disks in a magnetic disk assembly An apparatus and a method are provided to facilitate building of a disk stack for inclusion in a magnetic disk drive. A spindle is provided which comprises first and second disk contacts. A mechanism is provided to bias an inner diameter of a stack of plural disks t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222411 | Method of interconnecting a load/unload ramp assembly with a base plate of a disk drive The present invention is directed to a load/unload ramp assembly which is interconnectable with a base plate of a dynamic load/unload-type disk drive. The load/unload ramp assembly generally includes a load/unload ramp and at least one base plate attachment cantilev... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7181825 | Method and mechanism of PZT micro-actuator attachment for the hard disk driver arm A fixture with a shaped molding may hold a first micro-actuator part and a second micro-actuator part in place for coupling while maintaining the structure of the first micro-actuator part. The first micro-actuator part and the second micro-actuator part may be a fr... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181824 | Method of installing a disk clamp over a hub of a disk drive A disk clamp is provided for securing one or more data storage disks to a disk drive without the need for screws. A preloading device is also provided for installing the disk clamp and removing the disk clamp after installation. The preloading device applies a load ... | 02/27/2007 |
