Device for detaching swaged components in a disc drive
US6269532A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/4966
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device for detaching a suspension assembly, adapted to support a head, staked to an actuator arm of an actuator block of a disc drive. The device includes an expandable device operable between an insertion dimension and a deswaging dimension having a flanged end defining a deswaging surface for forcing the stake from a hole of the actuator arm. In the insertion dimension, the device being sized for insertion through channels of tubular stakes for placement relative to an extended end of the stake. The device being expanded to the deswaging dimension, so that the deswaging surface of the flanged end aligns with an end surface of the stake for removing the stake from the actuator block.
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