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US 8,300,361 B2Granted
Fly capable slider test socket
AssigneeXyratex Technology Limited
InventorsZine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane, Peter R. Goglia
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Abstract
The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure.
Claims20
A head suspension assembly for a slider tester, comprising:
- a load stem having a first end affixed to a preload spring assembly;
- a gimbal assembly affixed to a second end of the load stem;
- a socket coupled to the gimbal assembly, the socket adapted to releasably secure a slider through a closed curved spring beam wherein a surface of a dimple of the gimbal assembly transfers a preload from the load stem to a surface of the socket;
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- an electrical interconnect adapted to couple to the slider when the slider is secured in the socket, wherein the electrical interconnect includes flexible electrical contacts having a contact surface that is substantially parallel to a contact surface of solder pads, the solder pads operable to transport signals from the slider to remote circuitry.
2 more elements
A head suspension assembly for a slider tester, comprising:
- a suspension load beam assembly including a load beam and a gimbal;
- a socket coupled to the gimbal, the socket adapted to releasably secure a slider with a closed curved spring beam;
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- an electrical interconnect adapted to couple to the slider when the slider is secured in the socket, wherein the electrical interconnect includes outer rigid electrical contacts and inner flexible electrical contacts, the inner flexible electrical contacts having a contact surface that is substantially parallel to a contact surface of solder pads, the solder pads operable to transport signals from the slider to remote circuitry.
1 more element
An assembly for a slider tester, comprising:
- a socket assembly adapted to releasably secure a slider through a closed curved spring beam wherein a surface of a dimple of a gimbal assembly coupled to the socket assembly transfers a preload from a load stem to a surface of the socket;
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- an electrical interconnect adapted to couple to the slider when the slider is secured in the socket, wherein the electrical interconnect includes flexible electrical contacts having a contact surface that is substantially parallel to a contact surface of solder pads, the solder pads operable to transport signals from the slider to remote circuitry through the flexible electrical contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.