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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:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffery L. Wang, Hong Kong, HK;
Kai Wu, Dongguan, CN;
Assignee:
SAE Magnetics (H. K.) Ltd., Hong Kong, HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a baseplate comprising a cylindrical hub, a flat flange, and one or two circular notches of a “V” or “U” shape etc. formed in said flange. This baseplate has the advantages of smaller deformation and larger retention torque during swage operation. Also it is easy to make and has no further cost in production. Moreover, the present invention further provides an arm and suspension assembly equipped with the baseplate and a hard disk drive equipped with the arm and suspension assembly.