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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael C. McAlpine, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ghazaleh Haghiashtiani, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Zhijie Zhu, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4833 (2013.01); G11B 33/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure describes a head gimbal assembly including a suspension and a damping layer on a surface of the suspension. The suspension may include a slider mount configured to establish mechanical communication with a slider and the layer may be displaced from the slider mount. The layer may be configured to provide passive damping or active damping.