Wire tubing catching member is integral with the gimbal
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorLyle G. Johnson
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Abstract
A gimbal tubing capture supports a conductor sleeve as part of a head-gimbal assembly. The gimbal tubing capture includes a capture member extending outward from a side edge of the gimbal. The capture member supports the conductor sleeve in a plurality of directions.
Claims23
A sleeve capture apparatus suitable for use with a gimbal as part of a head-gimbal assembly, the sleeve capture apparatus for supporting and restraining a conductor sleeve running from the gimbal to a support arm along a load beam, the gimbal, the load beam, and the support arm each having a generally planar surface and a plurality of edges defining the generally planar surface, the sleeve capture apparatus comprising:
- a first gimbal tubing capture member attached to a first of the plurality of edges of the gimbal, such that the conductor sleeve passes through the first gimbal tubing capture member, and the conductor sleeve is supported proximate the first of the plurality of edges of the gimbal.
An apparatus suitable for coupling a conductor sleeve to a gimbal, having a generally planar surface defined by edges, in a head-gimbal assembly, the apparatus comprising:
- a first gimbal tubing capture member formed integrally with a first of the edges of the gimbal such that the conductor sleeve is secured by the first gimbal tubing capture member to the first edge of the gimbal.
A head-gimbal assembly suitable for being connected to a support arm for moving the head-gimbal assembly about an axis of rotation in a magnetic recording system wherein information is recorded on and retrieved from a magnetic disc, the head-gimbal assembly comprising:
- a slider;
- a transducer coupled to the slider, the transducer having two portions coupled to a plurality of electrical conductors;
- a hollow conductor sleeve for encasing at least a portion of the electrical conductors;
- a gimbal having a generally planar surface and a plurality of edges bounding the generally planar surface;
- a plurality of support struts attached to the generally planar surface of the gimbal, the support struts supporting the slider;
- a load beam coupled to the gimbal;
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- capture means directly attached to a first of the plurality of edges of the gimbal for capturing the conductor sleeve and for supporting the conductor sleeve proximate the first of the plurality of edges of the gimbal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.