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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pyongwon Yim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Weonwoo Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gregory Tran, Santa Clara, CA (US);
George Wakatsuki, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/116 ;
Abstract
A swage mount plate that can be used to attach a suspension arm to an actuator arm of a hard disk drive. The swage mount plate may include a sleeve that can be inserted into corresponding swage openings of the suspension arm and an actuator beam of the actuator arm. The swage plate may include at least one flange that extends from said sleeve and becomes embedded into the actuator beam. The flange may increase the retention torque of the swage plate.