Suspension flexure with load-unload efficient motion limiting feature
US6373664B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49025
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disk drive suspension assembly of a flexure and a flexure support, the flexure having a tongue adapted to carry in gimbaling relation a slider in operating proximity to a disk, the flexure support and the flexure tongue defining cooperating structures which limit motion of the tongue relative to the disk to a predetermined range.
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