Seagate Technology Incorporated

Rohit Deokar

Razman Zambri

Brett Robert Herdendorf

Stefan A Weissner

Gary Berscheit

A head gimbal assembly for a hard disk drive includes a slider, a load beam, a gimbal, and a flexure. The gimbal is disposed between the load beam and the slider. The gimbal is configured to provide motive support to the slider as the slider moves in proximity to a media surface. The flexure is disposed between the gimbal and the slider. The flexure includes an electrical trace ribbon configured to provide electrical signal pathways to and from active components of the head gimbal assembly.

Multi-piece head gimbal assembly

A head gimbal assembly for supporting a disk drive includes a slider, a load beam, a ring gimbal affixed to the load beam, a plurality of microactuators, and a flexure. The flexure includes a first end extending along the load beam through a center region of a longitudinal axis of the head gimbal assembly and second end that includes a plurality of bond pads electrically coupled to the slider. The flexure includes a plurality of support features. Each support feature of the plurality of support features spans a respective microactuator of the plurality of microactuators. Each support feature includes a support protrusion and a support base. Each support protrusion is coupled to the ring gimbal at a distal side of the respective microactuator and each support base is coupled to the flex circuit on a proximal side of the respective microactuator.

Head gimbal assembly with structural yaw stiffener

An apparatus includes a slider test socket. The slider test socket includes a clamp, which includes a body, a handle having an opening, and a plurality of arms that extend between the body at a first end of the clamp and the handle at a second end of the clamp.

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Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Rohit Deokar