The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 22, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1993
Adolf L Fick, Cupertino, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An adapter plate for removably coupling an actuator arm end with a load beam and a transducer head. The adapter plate can be installed with a reliable, verifiable pressure, and removed easily without damage for rework or repair of the transducer head. The adapter plate includes a plate surface for coupling with a load beam, a latch hook formed on a first edge, and a coupling hook formed on a second, opposite edge. The coupling hook includes a notch formed centrally therein and extending inward toward the plate surface. The actuator arm end includes a grooved edge with a V-shaped groove formed therein and a latching edge opposite the grooved edge. A tapered pin is inserted between the notch in the coupling hook and the V-shaped groove so that the plate surface is pressured against the portion of the actuator arm end proximate thereto. For a multidisk system in which an actuator arm assembly includes multiple actuator arms, two adapter plates can be installed on one actuator arm, one on each side, and either of the adapter plates can be removed and re-installed without affecting the other adapter plate.