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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1995
F Eugene Dion, Longmont, CO (US);
Jim Fahey, Longmont, CO (US);
Charlie Morris, Longmont, CO (US);
Ken Fernalld, Boulder, CO (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
An actuator arm assembly that has a pair of spring-like fingers which extend from an actuator arm and clamp the arm to the housing of a bearing assembly. The actuator arm assembly includes a magnetic head that is mounted to a suspension beam. The suspension beam is welded to the actuator arm. After the beam is welded to the arm and the head is mounted to the beam, the actuator arm is clamped to the bearing assembly by merely pushing the arm and snapping the fingers onto the bearing housing. The actuator assembly may also have a coil support arm that supports a voice coil and has a pair of fingers which can be snapped onto the bearing assembly.