Seagate Technology Incorporated

Kermit Ray Harmon

Brett Robert Herdendorf

Ronald Eldon Anderson

Andrew Michael Blair

Michael Steven Quam

Justin Holwell

Steven Ernest Wheeler

Klaus Obergfell

Mujahid Akbar Khan

Dale Allen Blomgren

Steven Ivars Palks

David Allen Reints

Michael John Roe

Philip Louis Johnson

A method of loading a head gimbal assembly on a disc includes attaching an unmounted head gimbal assembly to a four bar loader. The four bar loader includes a fixed plate, a pivot plate, and a four bar linkage connecting the fixed plate to the pivot plate. The four bar loader is then used to tilt the attached head gimbal assembly toward the surface of the disc.

Head gimbal assembly loader

A method for dynamic electrical testing of head gimbal assemblies may include initiating an automated continuous process that includes selecting an unmounted head gimbal assembly; aligning the unmounted head gimbal assembly; loading the unmounted head gimbal assembly to a disc; and testing the unmounted head gimbal assembly.

Method and apparatus for head gimbal assembly testing

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Richfield, MN, United States of America

Kermit Ray Harmon