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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184403 | Disk drive suspension A suspension is provided with a load beam and a flexure including a tongue on which a slider is mounted. A limiter is formed by cutting and raising a part of the tongue. The limiter includes a bent portion and arm. The tongue has an opening that is left after the li... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8159785 | Disk drive suspension having a constraint layer and a base region with a bridge section extending across a gap between lateral sections A suspension for a disk drive includes a gimbal, a load beam and a constraint layer. The gimbal is configured to receive a head. The load beam has a first end and a second end and defines a longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end. The load beam is... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8085505 | Magnetic head suspension An elastic plate connected at both ends to a pair of supporting pieces of a supporting portion and connected at center to a member forming a load beam portion functions as a load bending portion. A balance mass member is mounted on a portion of the member forming th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8027126 | Magnetic head suspension A load bending part includes a pair of first elastic plate parts and a second elastic plate part. The pair of first elastic plate parts are elastically deformed in a bended manner so as to generate a first pressing load. The second elastic plate part is positioned b... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7724476 | Coined headlift with formed rail offset for a disk drive head suspension component A disk drive head suspension headlift formed from a single piece of stainless steel includes a beam region, lift tab and offset region between the beam region and lift tab. The beam region has a major surface and formed side rails. The lift tab is a coined, trough-s... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7724477 | Method for correcting floating type magnetic head device A correcting method and load beam for reducing variations in floating height of a floating-type magnetic head device is disclosed The correcting method for the floating-type magnetic head device includes the steps of temporarily mounting the floating-type magnetic h... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7688548 | Utilizing an interlocking dissimilar metal component in the formation of a hard disk drive A method and system for utilizing an interlocking dissimilar metal component in the formation of a hard disk drive is disclosed. The method provides a hard disk drive component having at least one interlocking dissimilar metal component, the at least one interlockin... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7573679 | Magnetic head suspension A magnetic head suspension of the present invention includes a flexure having a magnetic head mounting region, a load beam connected to the flexure and having a dimple at a portion corresponding to the magnetic head mounting region a load-bent portion generating a l... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7518829 | Multi-radius rails for load beams on disk drive suspension assemblies A load beam or load beam component for a disk drive suspension assembly having a rigid region with concurrently formed side rails and sag region. The side rails have a plurality of segments with a smooth transition between segments. The side rails can have at least ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7468865 | Slider touch-down preventing system, head stack assembly and disk drive unit with the same A slider touch-down preventing system for a head stack assembly, which includes a weight load to reduce the slider's movement; and a weight holder connecting with a suspension of the head stack assembly to hold the weight load. The weight holder is positioned at an ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7463453 | Head arm assembly, head stack assembly and disk drive unit using the same A head arm assembly comprises a slider, a drive arm, a trace; and a load beam having a hinge portion and a slider mounting portion; wherein the slider mounting portion has a slider support portion to support flying attitude of the slider. The slider support portion ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7365945 | Magnetic head suspension with a lift tab There is provided a magnetic head suspension including: a flexure portion which has a magnetic head mount area for supporting a magnetic head slider; a load bend portion which generates a load for pressing the magnetic head slider to a storage surface of a storage m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7359157 | Resin and metal head suspension for disk drive A head suspension for a disk drive has support plate means (3, 7) serving as a carriage arm and a load beam (5). The load beam consists of a rigid part (13) and a resilient part (15), to apply load to a slider (43) of a head. The s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352530 | Method and apparatus for reducing a suspension gram load to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems An apparatus and method for reducing a suspension gram load to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems. The method provides a suspension for reaching over a disk. A slider having a read/write head element on a trailing edge (TE) por... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7349183 | Actuator assembly having optimized 4-bar linkage type actuator arm, hard disk drive employing the same, and method for optimizing shape of opening formed in actuator arm An actuator arm of an actuator assembly includes a 4-bar linkage structure defined by a trapezoidal shaped opening formed between a front end of the actuator arm and a pivot shaft. A first rounded extension portion and a second rounded extension portion are formed a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7333402 | Magneto-optical head support structures A suspension supporting a magnetic head is formed by a member different in material from gimbals. As a result, the characteristic of the gimbals minimizing electric power loss in supplying current while sufficiently elastically holding the magnetic head can be compa... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7327536 | Suspension with integrally formed load beam load-generation member An HGA includes a head slider having at least one head element, a resilient flexure for supporting the head slider to control flying attitude of the head slider, a load beam, supporting the flexure at its top end section, for applying a load in a direction perpendic... | 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 |
| 7324302 | System, method, and apparatus for breaking up large-scale eddies and straightening air flow inside rotary disk storage devices A system, method, and apparatus for solving flow-induced track misregistration (TMR) problems in hard disk drives (HDD) are directed to breaking up large-scale eddies, and straightening air flows with honeycomb structures, woven wire screens, and guide vanes or hole... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312953 | Head suspension assembly and disk drive using the same A head suspension assembly includes a head, a load beam carrying the head at one end, a resilient member joining the load beam and a carriage, and a pivot bearing provided between the load beam and the carriage and structured so that the load beam is movable in a di... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7301729 | Suspension, head gimbal assembly with multilayered plate suspension having ribs and disk drive apparatus with head gimbal assembly A suspension includes a multilayered plate member formed by at least three layers laminated together. The modulus of elasticity of neighboring layers of the at least three layers are different from each other. Both side edges of only a part of the layers of the mult... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293348 | Method of forming a suspension for use in a disk drive having a media disk A suspension for use in a disk drive is disclosed. The suspension has a hinge and load beam which are separately formed and subsequently joined together. The load beam is formed from a material which has improved damping characteristics. The load beam additionally h... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7280306 | Servo track write at low pressure using pressure insensitive air bearing surface Embodiments of the invention provide a manufacturing method for a disk drive which allows highly accurate recording of servo data without substituting the internal gas of the disk drive, and such a magnetic disk drive and servo track writer. In one embodiment, a dis... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7265945 | Head drive device including head support mechanism having support arm rotatable relative to base arm via rotation support part, and disk apparatus including the head drive device A head support mechanism of the invention comprises a head (1011) for recording on a disk or reproducing a disk, a head support member composed of this head (1011) and a support arm (2) having this head (1011) attached to one end portion ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245457 | Magnetic disk drive using femto slider and having predetermined linear velocity and gram load configuration A magnetic disk drive includes a magnetic disk and a femto slider. The magnetic disk has a minimum track linear velocity of 1 to 5 m/s. In one embodiment, the magnetic disk drive includes a negative pressure type femto slider and adopts a load/unload method. A gram ... | 07/17/2007 |
