Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Drum record
Patent
1997-12-23
2000-04-04
Klimowicz, William J.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Drum record
G11B 548
Patent
active
060468831
ABSTRACT:
A head suspension for supporting a head slider over a disk surface within a rigid disk drive includes a load beam with a flexure at a distal end of the load beam. The head suspension includes motion limiters for restricting the range of motion of the flexure relative to the load beam. Toward this end, the load beam of the present invention includes a plurality of limit elements, each limit element having an engagement surface, and the flexure includes a corresponding plurality of engagement tabs, each engagement tab having a stop surface opposite the engagement surface of one of the limit elements. The limit elements are connected with the load beam by one or more bends to operatively receive the engagement tabs of the flexure. In one embodiment of the present invention, the limit elements are "L" shaped appendages that are first etched to extend transversely from the load beam, and are then bent along a longitudinal bend by an angle of about 90.degree. to position the engagement surface of the limit element beneath the stop surface of a corresponding engagement tab. In a second embodiment, the limit elements include an opening, each limit element being bent by an angle of about 90.degree. to orient the opening of the limit element in such a manner that the engagement tabs of the flexure are received by the limit elements.
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Klimowicz William J.
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