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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Larry E. Wittig, Lexington, MA (US);
Stanislaw Dobosz, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
A suspension assembly ( ) for a storage device ( ) that includes a load beam ( ) and a damper assembly ( ). The load beam ( ) couples a data transducer ( ) to an actuator arm ( ). The damper assembly ( ) is secured to the load beam ( ). The damper assembly ( ) includes a damper beam section ( ) and a damper mass section ( ). The damper beam section ( ) cantilevers from the load beam ( ). The damper mass section ( ) is secured the damper beam section ( ). The damper assembly ( ) also includes a resilient layer ( ) and a cover layer ( ). The resilient layer ( ) extends between the damper mass section ( ) and the load beam ( ). The cover layer ( ) covers the resilient layer ( ). During rotation of a storage disk ( ), the load beam ( ) has a load beam resonance frequency. The damper assembly ( ) has a damper resonance frequency that is tuned to be similar to the load beam resonance frequency to decrease off-track movements of the data transducer ( ) relative to the storage disk ( ).