Suspension assembly gimbal load beam stiffener
OwnerRoger A. Resh, Adam K. Himesinventors
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Abstract
A disc drive includes a spindle motor, a spindle, a disc, control circuitry, an actuator, and an armature. The spindle motor is coupled to the spindle to which the disc is also coupled. The control circuitry is coupled to the actuator and provides the actuator with control signals. The armature includes a load beam coupled to the actuator such that energization of the actuator displaces the load beam. The gimbal is coupled to the head and is also coupled to the load beam by a plurality of spaced apart. attachment points. An interconnect operably couples the head to the control circuitry.
Claims16
A disc drive comprising:
- a spindle motor;
- a spindle coupled to the spindle motor;
- a disc coupled to the spindle for rotation therewith;
- control circuitry disposed within the disc drive;
- an actuator coupled to the control circuitry, the actuator receiving control signals from the control circuitry;
- a transducer operably coupled to the control circuitry;
- an armature supporting the transducer over the disc, the armature including:
- a load beam coupled to the actuator such that energization of the actuator displaces the load beam, the load beam having a longitudinal axis, and including a tongue extending longitudinally from a distal end of the load beam;
- a gimbal coupling the head to the load beam, the gimbal having a mounting portion overlapping a portion of the tongue;
- a first attachment point coupling the mounting portion to the tongue;
- a second attachment point coupling the mounting portion to the tongue;
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- wherein the first attachment point is spaced in a longitudinal direction from the second attachment point.
A disc drive comprising:
- storage disc means;
- means for rotating the storage disc means, the means for rotating operably coupled to the storage disc means;
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- means for reading data from and writing data to the storage disc means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.