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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Ta-Chang Fu, San Jose, CA (US);
Hienminh Huu Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Tzong-Shii Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, The Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
An integrated gimbal suspension includes a flexure with an integrated, built-in gimbal, and includes a limiter structure that constrains motions of the gimbal in multi-degrees of freedom. The limiter structure includes one or more tab-shaped limiters and corresponding stops integrally formed into the gimbal assembly at strategic locations, which interact to provide the desired constraints to the motions of the flexure gimbal to prevent permanent damage from over-straining the gimbal or flexure beyond its designed range. The limiters may be pre-formed tab-shaped structures that are bent from the plane of the flexure. As the gimbal moves from its nominal position, one or more limiters engage the stops before such motion reaches the limit of the designed range of motion of the gimbal.