Swaging device for connecting a suspension assembly in a disc drive
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsEyvand E. Toensing, Richard A. Budde
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Abstract
A method for swaging a suspension assembly to an actuator arm of a data storage device is disclosed. The method includes steps of inserting a deformable tubular stake into an aperture of an actuator arm and inserting an expandable swaging member into a channel of the tubular stake within the aperture of the actuator arm. Thereafter, the method includes the step of expanding the swaging member to deform the tubular stake to swage the tubular stake to the actuator arm of the data storage device.
Claims5
A method for swaging a suspension assembly to an actuator arm of an actuator block in a disc drive comprising steps of:
- providing an expandable swaging member operable between a swaging dimension and an insertion dimension;
- inserting the expandable swaging member in the insertion dimension into a channel of a tubular stake coupled to a suspension assembly which is inserted into a hole of an actuator arm;
- providing an actuating rod sized for insertion into a channel of the swaging member to expand the swaging member from the insertion dimension to the swaging dimension;
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- inserting the actuating rod through the channel of the expandable swaging member to swage a tubular stake relative to an actuator arm.
An E-block assembly including a plurality of actuator arms supporting suspension assemblies formed comprising steps of:
- aligning suspension assemblies relative to a series of actuator arms of an E-block;
- successively inserting an expandable swaging device into suspension stakes aligned with a series of actuator arms of the E-block;
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- successively expanding the swaging device to swage suspension stakes to successive actuator arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.