Shipping comb
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung-moo SON, Ji-ho HWANG
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Abstract
A shipping comb combined with a head stack assembly (HSA) which includes sliders recording data onto or reading data from disks, suspensions having the sliders thereon, and end-taps at front ends of the suspensions, the shipping comb preventing the HSA from being damaged, the shipping comb including a body unit having protruding suspension spacers which are each inserted between middle portions of a pair of suspensions having a pair of sliders facing each other to prevent a collision of the middle portions of the pair of suspensions, and a head unit having protruding end-tap spacers inserted between the end-taps of the pair of the suspensions to prevent a collision of the front ends of the pair of suspensions, and connected to a front end of the body unit with a hinge.
Claims16
A shipping comb combined with a head stack assembly (HSA) having sliders recording data onto or reading data from disks, suspensions having the sliders thereon, and end-taps at front ends of the suspension, the shipping comb preventing the HSA from being damaged, the shipping comb comprising:
- a body unit having protruding suspension spacers which are each inserted between middle portions of a pair of suspensions having a pair of sliders facing each other to prevent a collision of the middle portions of the pair of suspensions;
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- a head unit having protruding end-tap spacers inserted between the end-taps of the pair of the suspensions to prevent a collision of the front ends of the pair of suspensions, and connected to a front end of the body unit with a hinge.
A shipping comb usable with a head stack assembly, the shipping comb comprising:
- a body unit having an elongated shape with first support protrusions extending from a midsection thereof and second spacing protrusions extending from an end thereof;
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- a head unit rotatably coupled to the body unit adjacent to the second spacing protrusions at a first end thereof and having third spacing protrusions extending from a second end thereof such that the head unit and the third spacing protrusions are rotatable together with respect to the body unit, the first support protrusions, and the second spacing protrusions.
A shipping comb assembly, comprising:
- a head stack assembly having a VCM coil, a swing arm extending from the VCM coil along a predetermined direction, a plurality of suspensions extending from the swing arm along the predetermined direction, and a plurality of sliders disposed on ends of the suspensions;
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- a shipping comb having a body unit extending along the VCM coil and the swing arm in the predetermined direction and being coupled thereto, a hinge having a rotating axis that is perpendicular to the predetermined direction, and a head unit rotatably connected to the body unit via the hinge and having a plurality of spacing protrusions that are movable to/from the suspensions.
A hard disk drive, comprising:
- a base member;
- a spindle motor disposed on the base member to rotate one or more disks;
- a head stack assembly disposed on the base member adjacent to the disks and having a VCM coil, a swing arm extending from the VCM coil along a predetermined direction, a plurality of suspensions extending from the swing arm along the predetermined direction, and a plurality of sliders disposed on ends of the suspensions;
- a ramp disposed at a side portion of the base member along which the sliders are movable;
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- a shipping comb having a body unit extending along the VCM coil and the swing arm in the predetermined direction and being coupled to the swing arm, a hinge having a rotating axis that is perpendicular to the predetermined direction, and a head unit rotatably connected to the body unit via the hinge and having a plurality of spacing protrusions that are movable to/from the suspensions such that the head unit is movable to prevent the spacing protrusions from interfering with the movement of the sliders along the ramp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.