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Hard disk drive suspension employing a vertical offset to reduce track mis-registration induced by disk vibration

  • US 7,408,743 B1
  • Filed: 04/29/2005
  • Issued: 08/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A suspension assembly for a hard disk drive, the suspension assembly comprising:

  • a hinge member comprising a first spring extension and a second spring extension, each of the first and second spring extensions extending in a longitudinal direction, the first spring extension being disposed by a vertical offset from the second spring extension; and

    a load beam having a first end and a second end, a length in the longitudinal direction being defined between the first end and the second end,wherein the first spring extension and the second spring extension couple to the load beam on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of the load beam at about the second end, and a proximal edge of the load beam at the second end thereof is oriented substantially horizontally.

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