Head arm assembly, head stack assembly and disk drive unit...

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2004-08-03

2008-12-09

Castro, Angel A. (Department: 2627)

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Head mounting

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Reexamination Certificate

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07463453

ABSTRACT:
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 has a slider mounting frame with a flexible lifter to maintain the slider position in a predetermined position. In the present invention, the flexible lifter has a spring structure. The load beam may further comprise a stiffener formed in a longitudinal direction of the head arm assembly. The invention also discloses a head stack assembly and a disk drive using the head arm assembly.

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