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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089730 | Suspension assembly having a read head clamp A suspension assembly includes a read head clamp attached to a flexure that includes structural, dielectric, and conductive layers. The clamp includes a cantilevered clamping arm sized so that its distal end is positioned to contact a leading face of a read head. Th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7961434 | Disk drive head suspension with leaf spring gram loading A disk drive head suspension having a leaf-type gram load spring. One embodiment of the suspension includes a base plate and a load beam. The load beam is formed from a single piece of stainless steel and includes a mounting region, a beam region, a spring region be... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7933097 | Disk drive head suspension with damper hinge A disk drive head suspension includes a load beam, a flexure for carrying a magnetic head slider, a base mounting structure for coupling the head suspension to a disk drive actuation system, a hinge, and a damping material. The load beam includes a proximal end port... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7898771 | Head suspension assembly having a high damping high stiffness component A head suspension assembly for carrying a slider assembly in a disc drive has a beam component having a front end and a rear end, a hinge component near the rear end of the beam component for connecting to an actuation means, and a gimbal component near the front en... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894163 | Thin plate formation method, thin plate and suspension correction apparatus, and correction method Laser beam irradiation areas are provided in a load curve portion and an angle adjustment portion of a suspension. The laser beam irradiation areas are oriented in a direction in which the suspension is to be bent. A laser beam having a predetermined length and a pr... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7787217 | Suspension bend section with stiffness-reducing features An actuator load beam comprising a preload bend section defining an array of differently configured stiffness-reducing features. The stiffness-reducing features are characteristically sized in inverse relation to a respective distance from a longitudinal centerline ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7719796 | Suspension for hard disk drive which enables easy dynamic electric testing In a dynamic electric test, a head slider is to be fixed positively to a suspension and to be removable easily from the suspension in accordance with the result of the test. In one embodiment of the present invention a head gimbal assembly includes a head slider, a ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7660073 | Braced suspension for supporting a head slider A suspension is disclosed that includes a pre-load section and a load section. The pre-load section is configured to be connected to a base. The load section is connected to the pre-load section and comprises a load beam portion, a flex circuit portion, and a brace.... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7636221 | Disk drive head suspension having resilient region thicker than a rigid region A head suspension for a hard disk drive is capable of improving shock property of the hard disk drive while miniaturizing the hard disk drive. A head suspension has a base plate to be attached to a carriage and turned around a spindle of the carriage, a load beam wh... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7612966 | Head suspension assembly and recording medium drive A head suspension assembly includes a plate member located at a position distanced from the base. A head slider is supported at the front end of the plate member. A leaf spring connects the rear end of the plate member to the front end of the base. A rib extends at ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7606000 | Offset structure for disk drive head suspension A TMR-compensating suspension, or one or more suspension components such as a hinge or beam that can be assembled with other components to make a suspension. The suspension includes a proximal actuator mounting region, a rigid beam region, and a spring region or spr... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7586714 | Head suspension with rails and support extensions A head suspension includes an arm turned around a spindle, the load beam, and a flexure. The load beam includes a rigid part, a resilient part, and a head. The rigid part has a body and a joint. The joint is connected to a first end of the resilient part that is sup... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7573680 | Etched laminate structures for reducing track mis-registration in a disk drive suspension Structures and methods for creating a vertical offset between suspension springs or fingers within a suspension head assembly for use in a disk drive are disclosed, the vertical offset helping to reduce track mis-registration errors. The base plate and load beam may... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7441323 | Method of aligning components for installation on a head suspension assembly A head suspension for supporting a head slider over a storage media in a dynamic storage device is provided with a head suspension component having a spring metal layer, an electrically conductive layer and a dielectric layer interposed between the metal layer and t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440234 | Disk drive including an actuator arm with a region of reduced thickness between an arm longitudinal axis and a disk axis of rotation There is provided a disk drive including a disk and an actuator. The actuator includes a first actuator arm. The first actuator arm has a region of reduced thickness between an arm longitudinal axis and a disk axis of rotation. An average thickness of the first actu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7408744 | Impedance control with reduced stiffness contribution from electrical interconnect Method and apparatus for reduced contribution to suspension hinge stiffness of an electrical interconnect metal layer while retaining substantial impedance reductions from the metal layer use a sinuous pattern of removed and retained subregions of the metal layer se... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408743 | Hard disk drive suspension employing a vertical offset to reduce track mis-registration induced by disk vibration Apparatus and method for reading and writing information onto a hard disk drive is provided. The apparatus includes a suspension assembly for a hard disk drive. The suspension assembly includes at least two spring extensions that couple to a proximal portion of a lo... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7385787 | Loadbeam with improved partial etching geometry A head suspension for supporting a read/write head in a dynamic rigid disk data storage device and applying a load force on the read/write head in a load direction when the storage device is in operation, the suspension comprising an elongated loadbeam portion exten... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7365947 | Head support mechanism, head arm assembly, and disk drive apparatus with head arm assembly with weight formed around horizontal bearing A head support mechanism includes a rigid support arm, a suspension for supporting, at its leading end section, a head slider with at least one head element, the suspension having a balance structure that can be pivoted in a direction crossing a surface of a recordi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7352537 | Tuned damper for disk drive actuator arm Embodiments of the present invention include a disk drive actuator arm for reducing amplitude of vibration modes substantially planar to a disk surface. The actuator arm comprises a plurality of head arms coupled to the actuator arm, the head arms substantially equa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352533 | Head suspension with polymer stiffener A head suspension assembly including a stainless steel hinge member, an integrated lead flexure and a polymer stiffener member. The stainless steel hinge member includes a proximal mounting region, a beam region having a load point dimple, and a spring region betwee... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7333299 | Head supporting mechanism including two load beams with ribs overlapped with each other A suspension is provided, which comprises: a flexure with elasticity for supporting a head slider having at least one head element; a first load beam having first ribs for reinforcement at both side ends of the first load beam, for supporting the flexure; and a seco... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7292411 | Disk head suspension arm having comb receiving portion A head suspension for a disk drive includes a base (5) to be attached to a carriage, a load beam (3) having a rigid part (9) and a resilient part (11) supported by the base, to apply load on a data read/write head (19) arranged at ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7280316 | Hard disk drive suspension employing a vertical offset to reduce track mis-registration induced by disk vibration Techniques for reading and writing information onto a hard disk drive are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a suspension assembly for a hard disk drive includes a load beam having a mounting region, a first spring extension on a first si... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7266750 | Error recovery strategies for iterative decoders An iterative decoder is controlled to iteratively decode a block by performing one or more decoding iterations for the block during a predetermined block time. The iterative decoder is further controlled to perform more decoding iterations for the block during a tim... | 09/04/2007 |
