Data storage loadbeam stiffening feature
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsNarayanan Ramakrishnan, Vijay Kumar
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Abstract
A data storage device can have a suspension with a loadbeam. The loadbeam can be configured with one or more a stiffening features. The loadbeam and stiffening feature may be constructed as products of a single piece of material. The stiffening feature can be defined by a varying thickness of the loadbeam.
Claims20
A system comprising a data storage device having a suspension with a loadbeam, the loadbeam comprising a stiffening feature, the loadbeam and stiffening feature being products of a single piece of material, the stiffening feature defined by a varying thickness of the loadbeam and coined with a stiffening design having a plurality of ridges, the stiffening design having a resolution of one millimeter or less.
An apparatus comprising a data storage device having a suspension with a loadbeam, the loadbeam comprising a first stiffening feature, the loadbeam and first stiffening feature being products of a single piece of material, the first stiffening feature defined by a first varying thickness of the loadbeam and a second varying thickness of the loadbeam, the stiffening feature coined with a stiffening design comprising a plurality of ridges having a resolution of one millimeter or less, the plurality of ridges each oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the loadbeam.
A method comprising:
- presenting a loadbeam comprising a single piece of material;
- forming a stiffening feature in the loadbeam, the stiffening feature defined by a varying thickness of the loadbeam;
- coining a stiffening design into the stiffening feature, the stiffening design having a plurality of ridges having a resolution of one millimeter or less and
- assembling the loadbeam into a suspension of a data storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.