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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Scott C Giere, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Daniel D Willard, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Robert B Evans, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology, Inc., Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
A head suspension including a load beam and flexure having a vibration absorbing member for vibrating at resonance mode vibrations of the head suspension. The load beam includes a mounting region at a proximal end, a rigid region adjacent to a distal end, and a spring region between the mounting region and the rigid region. The flexure is at the distal end of the load beam and is for supporting a head slider. The vibration absorbing member extends from the head suspension and has a resonance mode frequency substantially the same as one of the resonance mode frequencies of the head suspension. As such, the vibration absorbing member absorbs energy on the head suspension at a resonance mode frequency thereof, acting to reduce gain at a resonance mode frequency of the head suspension.