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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:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshio Kazama, Niigata-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360104 ;
Abstract
A flexure (2) has hook-shaped restricting pieces (18, 18), while a load beam (3) opposed to the restricting pieces (18, 18) is provided with an insert piece (11). When the flexure (2) and the load beam (3) are secured, the insert piece (11) of the load beam (3) is inserted in the restricting pieces (18, 18), so that the vertical shift of the flexure (2) is limited to within the height (H) of the restricting pieces (18). Hence, even if the magnetic head device is subjected to a strong impact, the flexure (2) does not shift in excess of the height (H), thus permitting improved shock resistance of the flexure (2).