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US 11,900,973 B2Granted
Disk drive suspension including a damper material attached to a load beam and to an outrigger of a flexure
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Nakayama, Masao Hanya, Tatsuhiko Nishida
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a disk drive suspension includes a load beam, a flexure including a tongue on which a slider is mounted and an outrigger connected to the tongue, and overlapping the load beam, and a damper material attached to the load beam and the outrigger. Further, the damper material has a single-layer structure of a viscoelastic material.
Claims8
A disk drive suspension comprising:
- a load beam;
- a flexure comprising a tongue on which a slider is to be mounted, and an outrigger connected to the tongue, the flexure overlapping the load beam;
- and
- a damper material attached to the load beam and the outrigger,
- wherein:
- the damper material has a single-layer structure of a viscoelastic material,
- the load beam comprises a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface,
- the outrigger comprises a third surface at least partially facing the second surface, a fourth surface on an opposite side of the third surface, and a side surface connecting the third surface and the fourth surface, and
- the damper material is attached to each of the second surface, the fourth surface and the side surface.
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A disk drive suspension comprising:
- a load beam;
- a flexure comprising a tongue on which a slider is to be mounted, and an outrigger connected to the tongue, the flexure overlapping the load beam;
- and
- a damper material attached to the load beam and the outrigger,
- wherein:
- the damper material has a single-layer structure of a viscoelastic material,
- the flexure comprises a distal end portion secured to the load beam, and
- the damper material is attached to the outrigger and the distal end portion, and is also attached to, of the load beam, an area located between the outrigger and the distal end portion as seen in plan view.
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A disk drive suspension comprising:
- a load beam;
- a flexure comprising a tongue on which a slider is to be mounted, and an outrigger connected to the tongue, the flexure overlapping the load beam;
- and
- a damper material attached to the load beam and the outrigger,
- wherein:
- the damper material has a single-layer structure of a viscoelastic material,
- the damper material comprises a fifth surface attached to the load beam and the outrigger, and a sixth surface on an opposite side of the fifth surface, and
- the sixth surface is exposed to atmosphere around the damper material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.