Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Head mounting – Disk record
Reexamination Certificate
2004-11-16
2009-10-13
Heinz, A. J. (Department: 2627)
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Head mounting
Disk record
Reexamination Certificate
active
07602585
ABSTRACT:
A suspension assembly has a flexure limiter and an actuator of a disk drive adopting the flexure limiter. The suspension assembly elastically biases a slider toward a surface of a disk, in which a read/write head is mounted on the slider. In the suspension assembly, a load beam is coupled to an end portion of a swing arm of the actuator and has sidewalls bent along both outside edges thereof. A flexure supports the slider and has a rear end portion fixed to a disk facing surface of the load beam and a front end portion extended toward a front end portion of the load beam. A flexure limiter is bent from the front end portion of the flexure toward the load beam to face a surface opposite to the disk facing surface of the load beam, thus limiting a range of pitching and rolling movements of the flexure.
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Heinz A. J.
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
Staas & Halsey , LLP
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