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US 8,770,463 B1Granted
Head gimbal assembly carrier with adjustable protective bar
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWachira Puttichaem, Udom Konyong
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Abstract
A head gimbal assembly (HGA) carrier comprises a body; an HGA mounting location on the body to mount an HGA mounting member to the body; and an adjustable protective bar coupled to the body, the adjustable protective bar being moveable from a first position to a second position to provide access to an HGA mounted on the HGA mounting member.
Claims9
A head gimbal assembly (HGA) carrier, comprising:
- a body;
- an HGA mounting pin member;
- and
- an adjustable protective bar coupled to the body, the adjustable protective bar being moveable from a first position in which the adjustable protective bar extends beyond a leading tip of an HGA to a second position to provide access to the HGA mounted on the HGA mounting member.
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A head gimbal assembly (HGA) carrier, comprising:
- a body;
- an HGA mounting member;
- and
- an adjustable protective bar coupled to the body, the adjustable protective bar being moveable from a first position to a second position to provide access to an HGA mounted on the HGA mounting member;
- and
- a guide pin coupled to the adjustable protective bar and sliding within a guide hole in the body from the first position to the second position.
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A head gimbal assembly (HGA) carrier, comprising:
- a body;
- an HGA mounting pin member;
- and
- a means for preventing deformation of the HGA mounting pin member in a first position in which the adjustable protective bar is in front of a leading tip of an HGA and for providing access to the HGA mounted on the HGA mounting member in a second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.