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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2001
Yasuhiro Mita, Fujisawa, JP;
Kohichiroh Naka, Fujisawa, JP;
Takuya Satoh, Hayama-machi, JP;
Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Ayase, JP;
Tatsushi Yoshida, Chigasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Mita, Fujisawa, JP;
Kohichiroh Naka, Fujisawa, JP;
Takuya Satoh, Hayama-machi, JP;
Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Ayase, JP;
Tatsushi Yoshida, Chigasaki, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A head gimbal assembly, which is a component of a hard disk drive, has a bending portion that has elasticity and is bent at a predetermined angle under an unloaded condition, and a slider is bonded to a holding portion thereof by mounting the head gimbal assembly on a bonding jig in a state in which the bending portion is stretched. When the head gimbal assembly is separated from the bonding jig after bonding, the bending portion is not restored freely, so that the head gimbal assembly is caught by the bonding jig during the separating process and a locked state is sometimes established.