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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyasu Tsuchida, Yokohama, JP;
Singo Tsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Sachiyo Baba, Yamato, JP;
Kiyoshi Satoh, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/121 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/121 ;
Abstract
In order to provide a suspension, a head suspension assembly, and a disk drive apparatus that can contribute to an increase of record and playback reliability, holes in ribs of the head suspension assembly are provided. This design decreases the displacement of a head slider that is caused by Karman vortex streets occurring near the ribs in company with the rotation of the magnetic disk