Suspension assembly of actuator for disk drive
First Claim
1. A suspension assembly of an actuator for a disk drive to support a slider, on which a read/write head is mounted, elastically biased toward a surface of a disk, comprising:
- a load beam coupled to an end of a swing arm of the actuator;
a flexure supporting the slider and having a fixed end fixed to a surface of the load beam facing the disk and a free end disposed close to a leading end of the load beam;
an extender extending from the free end of the flexure; and
a limiter limiting a range of up and down vibrations of the extender.
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Abstract
A suspension assembly of an actuator for a disk drive to support a slider, on which a read/write head is mounted, elastically biased toward a surface of a disk. The suspension assembly includes: a load beam coupled to an end of a swing arm of the actuator; a flexure supporting the slider and having a fixed end fixed to a surface of the load beam facing the disk and a free end disposed close to a leading end of the load beam; an extender extending from the free end of the flexure; and a limiter limiting a range of up and down vibrations of the extender.
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20 Claims
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1. A suspension assembly of an actuator for a disk drive to support a slider, on which a read/write head is mounted, elastically biased toward a surface of a disk, comprising:
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a load beam coupled to an end of a swing arm of the actuator;
a flexure supporting the slider and having a fixed end fixed to a surface of the load beam facing the disk and a free end disposed close to a leading end of the load beam;
an extender extending from the free end of the flexure; and
a limiter limiting a range of up and down vibrations of the extender. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An actuator for a disk drive having a suspension assembly supporting a slider, on which a read/write head is mounted, elastically biased toward a surface of a disk, comprising:
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a load beam coupled to an end of a swing arm of the actuator;
a flexure supporting the slider and having a fixed end fixed to a surface of the load beam facing the disk and a free end disposed close to a leading end of the load beam;
an extender extending from the free end of the flexure; and
a limiter limiting a range of up and down vibrations of the extender.
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18. An actuator suspension assembly for a slider, comprising:
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a load beam at an end of a swing arm of the actuator;
a flexure movably connected at an end to the load beam and having a free end, the flexure disposed on a disk-facing side of the load beam;
an extender extending from the free end; and
a limiter which limits vertical movement of the extender. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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