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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 ; G11B 5/127 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 ; G11B 5/127 ;
Abstract
An HAA has at least one HGA, each including a head slider with at least one head element, a suspension for supporting the head slider, and a lead conductor member electrically connected with the at least one head element, and a main body including at least one actuator arm for supporting the at least one HGA. The main body of the HAA is made of a metal material, and a surface of the main body is coated by a DLC film.