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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karupanan Supramaniam, Hopkins, MN (US);
Jeffrey C Jones, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Assignee:
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360104 ; 360105 ; 360108 ;
Abstract
A head suspension for supporting a read/write head adjacent a rotating data storage device has electrical conductors extending across the head suspension that are protected from contact and possible damage by a lifting arm by one or more standoffs that project outwardly from the head suspension adjacent and beyond the electrical conductors where the standoffs will come into contact with the lifting arm as it passes beneath the head suspension.