Carriage arm assembly for locating magnetic head, and magnetic disk apparatus using the same
US7031118B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 6, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/5582
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A carriage arm assembly for swingably supporting a magnetic head which includes a slider, a suspension carrying the slider, a carriage arm to which the suspension is attached, and a body section. The carriage arm extends from the body section and includes first and second arm members extending substantially in parallel with a swinging plane of the carriage arm, and a fixing portion provided at a distal end of the carriage arm for mounting the suspension thereon. Each of the first and second arm members have narrow sections in a distal end area and a base end area thereof, wherein a width of the narrow sections in a swinging direction is smaller than a width of an intermediate area of the first and second arm members.
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