Patent · US Expired

Transducer suspension system

US5870254A · kind A · utility

14Cited by
15References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 24, 1997
Grant dateFeb 9, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/6005
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a disk drive system transducer suspensions are swaged to the actuator arms. The end actuator arms in the arm stack experience unbalanced forces which detrimentally effect the flying height of the transducers. A compensating swage plate is swaged on the opposite surface of each of the end actuator arms such that these unbalanced forces are canceled and the transducer maintains the proper flying height.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.