G11B 5/4833
Structure of the arm assembly
Official title: {Structure of the arm assembly, e.g. load beams, flexures, parts of the arm adapted for controlling vertical force on the head (G11B5/484 takes precedence)}
G11B5/4833 (Structure of the arm assembly) appears on 1,212 US grants and 815 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Flexible head gimbal assembly for hard disk drive device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,502 B2Magnecomp Corporation
- Multi-layer load beam flexure for magnetic storage device1 Sep 2026US 12,725,633 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Optical signal transmission in a hard disk drive25 Aug 2026US 12,718,840 B2Seagate Technology LLC
- Head driving device11 Aug 2026US 12,706,114 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Disk drive suspension assembly with single actuator28 Jul 2026US 12,694,898 B2Magnecomp Corporation
- Disk drive suspension8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311722 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Non-Operational Shock Mitigation For A Suspension Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301765 A1Magnecomp Corporation
- Self-lubricating guide rail arrangment for linear actuators17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279391 A1Seagate Technology LLC
- Head assembly and disk drive17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279392 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Gimbal circuit limiter10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268930 A1Seagate Technology LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Head suspension having reduced torsional vibration209US 6,307,715 B1Read-Rite Corporation · 2001
- Base plate suspension assembly in a hard disk drive with step in flange171US 6,046,885 AIntri-Plex Technologies, Inc. · 2000
- Gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly165US 5,491,597 AHutchinson Technology Incorporated · 1996
- Head suspension having gram load change reduction and method of assembly153US 6,512,657 B2Read-Rite Corporation · 2003
- Base plate-mounted microactuator for a suspension151US 5,898,544 AHutchinson Technology Incorporated · 1999