Patent · US Expired

Silicon structural support of linear microactuator

US6356418B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1999
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/5552
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integral computer hard drive microactuator support comprising a unitary member of solid material. The support includes a frame portion surrounding and defining an opening portion, and a platform portion disposed within the opening portion. Four fixed-fixed beam portions connect the platform portion to the frame portion, the fixed-fixed beam portions being generally rectangular in cross section and substantially straight along their length.

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