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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Albert Michael Lindrose, Boulder, CO (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A disc drive assembly has an actuator for moving an actuator arm above the surface of a rotating disc. A suspension connects a slider to the actuator arm and maintains the slider substantially engaged with the disc surface in the absence of a shock event. A head-slap arrestor attached to the actuator arm includes a finger extending over the suspension so that the head-slap arrestor does not contact the suspension in the absence of a shock event. The finger of the head-slap arrestor pivots into engagement with the suspension during a shock event to maintain the slider substantially engaged with the disc surface. The force applied by the finger of the head-slap arrestor to the suspension is directly related to the force of the shock event.