Curved outer gimbal strut
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorMark Pallay
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Abstract
A head gimbal assembly for supporting a disk drive includes a slider, a load beam, a ring gimbal affixed to the load beam, and a flexure. The gimbal includes a curved outer gimbal strut comprising a protrusion located between a first straight section of the curved outer gimbal strut and a second straight section of the curved outer gimbal strut. The flexure includes a first end extending along the load beam through a center region of a longitudinal axis of the head gimbal assembly and second end that includes a plurality of bond pads electrically coupled to the slider.
Claims18
A head gimbal assembly for a hard disk drive, the head gimbal assembly comprising:
- a slider;
- a load beam;
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- a gimbal affixed to the load beam, the gimbal comprising:
- a connector region configured to couple the gimbal to the load beam at a distal end of the load beam;
- a central tongue region, wherein the slider is coupled to the central tongue region of the gimbal;
- a microactuator;
- an inner gimbal strut located at a proximal end of the load beam;
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- a curved outer gimbal strut comprising an outer gimbal portion coupled to the inner gimbal strut and which lies outside the central tongue region, the outer gimbal portion including a protrusion;
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- an inner gimbal block disposed between the outer gimbal portion and the microactuator, wherein the inner gimbal strut is coupled to the curved outer gimbal strut adjacent to the inner gimbal block.
A gimbal for a head gimbal assembly for a hard disk drive, the gimbal comprising:
- a central tongue region configured to support a slider that includes a writer configured to write data to a magnetic media and a reader configured to read data from the magnetic media;
- a connector region configured to couple the gimbal to a load beam;
- a straight inner gimbal strut located at a proximal end of the load beam;
- a curved outer gimbal strut comprising an outer gimbal portion that is coupled to the inner gimbal strut and which lies outside the central tongue region, the outer gimbal portion including a protrusion;
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- an inner gimbal block disposed between the outer gimbal portion and a microactuator, wherein the inner gimbal strut is coupled to the curved outer gimbal strut adjacent to the inner gimbal block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.