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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic storage device comprising a magnetic disk and a carriage arm rotatably movable relative to the magnetic disk. A suspension assembly of the magnetic storage device is coupled to the carriage arm and comprising a flexure. The magnetic storage device additionally comprises a slider comprising a read-write head. The flexure comprises a fixed portion co-movably fixed relative to the carriage arm and a hinge portion to which the slider is co-movably fixed. The hinge portion is swayable relative to the fixed portion. An actuator system of the magnetic storage device is coupled to the fixed portion of the flexure and the hinge portion of the flexure. The actuator system is operable to sway the hinge portion relative to the fixed portion. The magnetic storage device includes a repolarization enhancing feature adjacent the actuator system.