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US 8,705,209 B2Granted
Suspension clamp for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMark S. Seymour, Mitchell D. Dougherty, Walter G. Banshak, Jr., Geoffrey A. Hales
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Abstract
A suspension clamp is disclosed for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm. The suspension clamp comprises a housing including a spring operable to bias a latching member, wherein the latching member is rotatable about a pivot. After compressing the spring and rotating the latching member in a first direction, the latching member is operable to clamp the suspension to the actuator arm by decompressing the spring.
Claims6
A method of operating a suspension clamp for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm, the method comprising:
- first compressing a spring within a housing of the suspension clamp;
- rotating a latching member within the housing about a pivot in a first direction;
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- after first compressing the spring and rotating the latching member in the first direction, clamping the suspension to the actuator arm by decompressing the spring so that the latching member engages the actuator arm.
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