Optics: measuring and testing – Inspection of flaws or impurities
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-11
2006-04-11
Pham, Hoa Q. (Department: 2877)
Optics: measuring and testing
Inspection of flaws or impurities
C356S614000, C356S624000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07027141
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for determining and adjusting the static attitude of a head suspension or a head suspension assembly for use in a dynamic storage device. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a workpiece support and an adjust device, operatively positioned with respect to the workpiece support, for adjusting the head suspension. The adjust device includes first and second clamp portions for restraining a gimbal arm and an adjust body for deforming the restrained gimbal arm while the gimbal arm is restrained by the first and second clamp portions. A method in accordance with the present invention includes determining the planar orientation of a surface indicative of the static attitude of the slider mounting tongue or a slider mounted thereto and controllably deforming an individual gimbal arm of the flexure independently from another gimbal arm of the flexure to introduce a permanent deformation of the gimbal arm thereby adjusting the static attitude of the slider mounting tongue or slider if present.
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Girard Mark T.
Jurgenson Ryan A.
Swift David R.
Tracy Joseph P.
Applied Kinetics Inc.
Kagan Binder PLLC
Pham Hoa Q.
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