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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Roger Lee Hipwell, Jr., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Peter Crane, Richfield, MN (US);
Lee Walter, Plymouth, MN (US);
Wayne Allen Bonin, North Oak, MN (US);
Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Barry Dean Wissman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bruce Charlton Polson, New Prague, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A microactuator finely positions a transducing head carried by a slider adjacent a select radial track of disc. A frame of the microactuator includes a motor for altering the position of the slider and a closed bonding tub extending upward from the bottom of the microactuator having a bonding surface to engage the top surface of the slider. The closed bonding tub is formed from the microactuator frame such that there is a tub bottom having a bonding surface, sidewalls and an open sidewall.