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Suspension, head suspension assembly, and disk drive apparatus

US6633456B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1999
Grant dateOct 14, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/4826
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide a suspension, a head suspension assembly, and a disk drive apparatus that can contribute to an increase of record and playback reliability, holes 3c in ribs 3b of the head suspension assembly 3 are provided. This design decreases the displacement of a head slider 2 that is caused by Karman vortex streets occurring near the ribs 3b in company with the rotation of the magnetic disk 1.

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