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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
Jafar Hadian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jamshid Bozorgi, Fremont, CA (US);
Read-Rite Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment the apparatus is a head gimbal assembly for use in a disk drive having a load/unload ramp, and includes a load beam having a pivot point, a flexure/slider assembly having a flexure and a slider, at least one limiter mounted between the flexure/slider assembly and the load beam, and a lifter tab extending from the load beam so as to be engagable with the load/unload ramp. The flexure is connected to the load beam and to the slider. The slider is positioned by the flexure to be capable of moving about the pivot point. The at least one limiter is positioned to limit movement of the flexure/slider assembly relative to the load beam. The head gimbal assembly can have a low profile by having the lifter tab extend from the load beam substantially at or below the upper surface of the load beam. The method of manufacture includes: obtaining a load beam having a base, at least one side beam extending from the base and at least one tab extending from the at last one side beam, wherein the base, at least one side beam and the at least one tab are substantially in a common plane; attaching a flexure/slider assembly to the load beam; bending the load beam between the at least one tab and the at least one side beam, such that the at least one tab is positioned out of the common plane; and bending the load beam between the at least one side beam and the base, such that the at least one side beam is positioned out of the common plane.