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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masao Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Iida, Osaka, JP;
Motoshige Tatsumi, Osaka, JP;
Hidetsugu Toyota, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Nitto Denko Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 ;
Abstract
The damping material is mounted over the flat part to the curved part of a supporting arm of a head supporting spring of a disk unit composed of a magnetic head, the head suspension which supports the former and a fixing block that fixes the suspension, and the rate of change in static spring constant of the head supporting spring mounted with the damping material is set within 20% in comparison with the static spring constant of the un-mounted head supporting spring. As the constraining body, a metal foil or a resin film is used.