Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Head mounting – Disk record
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-13
2010-10-19
Castro, Angel A. (Department: 2627)
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Head mounting
Disk record
Reexamination Certificate
active
07817379
ABSTRACT:
A suspension for disc drive has a load beam, a flexure, and a slider. The slider is mounted on a tongue portion of the flexure. When a disc rotates, air flows from an air inflow end (leading side) toward an outflow end (trailing side), whereupon an air bearing is formed between the disc and the slider. A dimple is provided on the distal end portion of the load beam. The slider is supported by the dimple so as to be swingable in a pitch direction and a roll direction. The dimple is formed in a position shifted to the trailing side from the center of the slider. The shorter the length of the load beam, the greater the amount of the shift is.
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Japanese Office Action dated Jun. 23, 2009 (3 pages), and English translation thereof (4 pages), issued in counterpart Japanese Application Serial No. 2006-116836.
Hanya Masao
Tada Hajime
Castro Angel A.
Holtz Holtz Goodman & Chick PC
NHK Spring Co. Ltd.
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