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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Eyvand Ernest Toensing, Savage, MN (US);

Richard August Budde, Plymouth, MN (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/116 ; G11B 5/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/116 ; G11B 5/48 ;
Abstract

A method for swaging a suspension assembly to an actuator arm of a data storage device is disclosed. The method includes steps of inserting a deformable tubular stake into an aperture of an actuator arm and inserting an expandable swaging member into a channel of the tubular stake within the aperture of the actuator arm. Thereafter, the method includes the step of expanding the swaging member to deform the tubular stake to swage the tubular stake to the actuator arm of the data storage device.


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