Seagate Technology Incorporated

Robert Wayne Masse

Richard August Budde

Brian Dean Hammel

An improved head gimbal assembly for supporting a head in a disc drive assembly. The improved head gimbal assembly including a gimbal spring adapted to support a slider and provide desired flexure characteristics for the slider to pitch and roll while limiting dimple separation. The gimbal spring including spaced struts formed of elongated straight members. The struts are shaped to define a generally increasing spring constant along a substantial length of the struts extending from a distance proximal of extended ends of the struts adapted to support a slider to opposed ends of the struts.

Head gimbal assembly for limiting dimple separation for a data storage

A slider-suspension assembly for a magnetic disc drive is provided. The slider-suspension assembly includes a slider and a gimbal that is electrically coupled to electrical ground and bonded to the slider. The gimbal includes a pair of struts and a cross-member. The struts and cross-member define an open portion of the gimbal. A support extends from the cross-member and protrudes into the open portion. The gimbal is bonded to the slider at the support. The gimbal also includes a shear tab which includes a fountain. A conductive adhesive is deposited on the shear tab and within the fountain for electrically coupling the gimbal to the slider.

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Rosemount, MN, United States of America

Robert Wayne Masse