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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
John B. Symons, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Yiduo Zhang, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
A shock limiter system for a head suspension configured to engage with an external structure in a rigid disk drive. The head suspension has a flexure with a head slider oriented in a first direction over a disk surface. The head suspension includes a load beam having a mounting region, a rigid region and a spring region located between the mounting region and rigid region. The rigid region and the flexure define a distal region of the head suspension. The shock limiter system comprises a shock limiter extending from the distal region in a second direction generally opposite the first direction. The shock limiter is positioned on the distal region to engage with the external structure to limit movement of the head suspension away from the disk surface during a shock event.