Suspension assembly of actuator for disk drive with portion...

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2004-08-04

2008-05-06

Watko, Julie Anne (Department: 2627)

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Head mounting

Disk record

Reexamination Certificate

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07369366

ABSTRACT:
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 supporting the slider and having a fixed end fixed to a surface of the load beam facing the disk and a free end disposed close to a leading end of the load beam; an extender extending from the free end of the flexure; and a limiter limiting a range of up and down vibrations of the extender.

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Japanese Office Action dated Oct. 17, 2006 in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-242914.

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