G11B 5/4853
Constructional details of the electrical connection between head and arm
Official title: {Constructional details of the electrical connection between head and arm}
G11B5/4853 (Constructional details of the electrical connection between head and arm) appears on 785 US grants and 556 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Shear mode multilayered collocated micro-actuator for dual-stage servo controllers in disk drives195US 6,704,158 B2Western Digital (Fremont), LLC · 2004
- Slider-suspension assembly and method for attaching a slider to a suspension in a data recording disk file175US 4,761,699 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1988
- Method and devices for providing magnetoresistive heads with protection from electrostatic discharge and electric overstress events169US 6,891,702 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Read/write head with a limited range of motion relative to a load beam166US 6,181,525 B2Read-Rite Corporation · 2001
- Gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly165US 5,491,597 AHutchinson Technology Incorporated · 1996