Method and apparatus for improved starting and/or stopping in a contact start-stop (CSS) hard disk drive.
US7349169B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/40
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
CSS hard disk drive providing improved take-off and/or touchdown by asserting pitch actuation control signal stimulating a pitch actuator to flex a flexure finger, altering the pitch angle of slider coupling through flexure finger to pitch actuator. Method implemented by embedded circuit and/or embedded processor. Manufacturing embedded processor, embedded circuit, CSS hard disk drive, and these process products.
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