Discrete mounting arm for hard disk drive and method for making the same
AssigneeIntri-Plex Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRichard Johnson, Kendall Kollmann
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Abstract
A mounting arm for a hard disk drive having a generally planar region, the mounting arm having at least one striation formed on the generally planar region to provide compressive residual stress with desirable shape characteristics in the mounting arm.
Claims15
A mounting arm for a magnetic transducer used in a hard disk drive, the mounting arm having a generally planar region formed out of stainless steel, the mounting arm being shaped by a plurality of non co-linear striations on the planar region caused by plastic deformation of the planar region by depressions formed in a surface of the planar region that is about 20μ inches deep, the mounting arm tending to bow away from the surface containing the striations, thereby modifying the shape or hardness of the mounting arm.
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