Method of forming a suspension for use in a disk drive having a media disk
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1. A method of forming a suspension for use in a disk drive having a media disk, the method comprising:
- (a) pretreating a load beam with nickel to stiffen the load beam, reduce a weight of the load beam, and match a coefficient of thermal expansion of the load beam relative to conventional stainless steel load beams;
(b) providing the disk drive having the media disk, an actuator for moving a slider relative to the media disk, and a suspension extending from the actuator to the slider, the suspension having a hinge and the load beam that are formed separately and welded together;
(c) forming flanges on the load beam having flange cross-sectional shapes; and
(d) forming ribs on the load beam having rib cross-sectional shapes that differ from the flange cross-sectional shapes, such that the ribs are different in structural form than and spaced apart from the flanges.
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Abstract
A suspension for use in a disk drive is disclosed. The suspension has a hinge and load beam which are separately formed and subsequently joined together. The load beam is formed from a material which has improved damping characteristics. The load beam additionally has ribs constructed in order to balance the mass of the suspension about the torsional rotation axis. The location of the torsional rotation axis can be designed to intersect the head gimbal pivot point.
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1. A method of forming a suspension for use in a disk drive having a media disk, the method comprising:
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(a) pretreating a load beam with nickel to stiffen the load beam, reduce a weight of the load beam, and match a coefficient of thermal expansion of the load beam relative to conventional stainless steel load beams; (b) providing the disk drive having the media disk, an actuator for moving a slider relative to the media disk, and a suspension extending from the actuator to the slider, the suspension having a hinge and the load beam that are formed separately and welded together; (c) forming flanges on the load beam having flange cross-sectional shapes; and (d) forming ribs on the load beam having rib cross-sectional shapes that differ from the flange cross-sectional shapes, such that the ribs are different in structural form than and spaced apart from the flanges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of forming a suspension for use in a disk drive having a media disk, the method comprising:
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(a) forming a load beam from a constrained layer damping material having two outer sheets of material selected from the group consisting of nickel, beryllium, rhodium, tungsten, and ceramics; (b) providing the disk drive having the media disk, an actuator for moving a slider relative to the media disk, and a suspension extending from the actuator to the slider, the suspension having a hinge and the load beam that are formed separately and joined together; (c) forming flanges on the load beam having flange cross-sectional shapes; and (d) forming ribs on the load beam having rib cross-sectional shapes that differ from the flange cross-sectional shapes, such that the ribs are different in structural form than and spaced apart from the flanges. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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