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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:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Lon R. Buske, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Rodney D. Dahlenburg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Aldeen R. Goehring, Shakopee, MN (US);
Niandong Liu, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kevin Lambert Mayer, Apple Valley, MN (US);
William J. Raphael, Mustang, OK (US);
Daniel Richard Smith, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mark A. Toffle, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Brent M. Weichelt, Burnsville, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An actuator assembly including one or more actuator arms, wherein each of the actuator arms defines a clasp hole and a clamp-opening hole and a slot running between the clasp hole and clamp-opening hole, and optionally, a second slot running from the clasp hole to a distal end of the actuator arm, thereby creating two clasp fingers. A flex suspension assembly is included with a protrusion, such as a boss and a head on a distal end. The flex suspension assembly is coupled to the actuator arm by resiliently increasing the diameter of the clasp hole so as to allow the boss on the flex suspension assembly to be inserted into the clasp hole. With the boss is inserted, the clasp hole is allowed to revert to its original diameter, thereby clamping the boss in the clasp hole. A method for assembly is also provided.