Transducer suspension system having bosses with different inner diameters, and equal outer diameters
US5796555A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/4833
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To attach a suspension assembly to the actuator, the suspension is connected to a mount plate. The inner diameter of the swaging boss in this mount plate differs depending upon if it is on a lower or upper suspension of an actuator arm. After setting only the mount plates with bosses of a larger inner diameter and performing the first swage, the mount plates of the smaller inner diameter are set and a second swage is performed in a different direction. Even when performing this bidirectional swage, a boss caulked with the first swage is subjected to no deformation after a later swage and therefore a stable swage is possible.
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