Recording and/or reproducing apparatus suspension assembly and method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorTae-sik Kang
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Abstract
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus including a suspension assembly. The suspension assembly may include a load beam coupled to one end of a swing arm, a flexure coupled to the load beam and supporting a slider, and a dimple formed along a surface of the flexure, facing the load beam, enabling the flexure to move freely within desired bounds.
Claims20
A suspension assembly for a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, to be installed on a swing arm to elastically bias an air bearing slider with a read/write head thereon toward a surface of a medium, the suspension assembly comprising:
- a load beam coupled to the swing arm;
- a flexure, coupled to the load beam and supporting the slider, having freedom of movement separate from the load beam, with the flexure comprising a dimple;
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- the dimple being on a surface of the flexure, separate from the load beam, facing the load beam.
A suspension assembly for a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a load beam disposed on a swing arm;
- a flexure, coupled to the load beam, having freedom of movement separate from the load beam;
- an air bearing slider, disposed on the flexure, comprising a read/write head;
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- a dimple, separate from the load beam, coincidently moving with the slider, such that a position relation between the dimple and the slider is maintained constant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.