Load beam with varying thickness for magnetic storage device
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsYoshinobu Noguchi, Hiroyasu Tsuchida, Takuma Muraki, Tomoyuki Sasaki
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Abstract
Examples of the present disclosure include a suspension assembly for a magnetic storage device. The suspension assembly includes a load beam and a flexure. The load beam includes a flexure side and a base-plate side opposite to the flexure side. The load beam also includes a recess formed in the flexure side. The flexure is attached to the flexure side of the load beam at least partially within the recess.
Claims20
A suspension assembly for a magnetic storage device, the suspension assembly comprising:
- a load beam, comprising:
- a flexure side;
- a base-plate side opposite to the flexure side;
- and
- a recess formed in the flexure side;
- and
- a flexure attached to the flexure side of the load beam at least partially within the recess.
A magnetic storage system, comprising:
- a quantity of disks;
- and
- a carriage comprising:
- a base plate;
- a load beam, attached to the base plate and comprising:
- a flexure side;
- a base-plate side opposite to the flexure side;
- a recess formed in the flexure side;
- a distal end portion;
- and
- a hinge, wherein the hinge is interposed between the distal end portion and the base plate and is configured to flex so that the distal end portion moves relative to the base plate;
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- a flexure attached to the flexure side of the load beam at least partially within the recess.
A method of manufacturing a suspension assembly of a magnetic storage device, the method comprising:
- attaching a flexure to a means for at least partially insetting the flexure into a load beam on a flexure side of the load beam, wherein the flexure side is opposite to a base-plate side of the load beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.