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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
William W. Childers, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Tzong-shii Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Surya Pattanaik, San Jose, CA (US);
William W. Childers, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Tzong-Shii Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Surya Pattanaik, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A disk drive is provided with controlled pitch static attitude of the sliders in an integrated lead suspension head gimbal assembly. The integrated lead suspension includes a load beam, a mount plate, a hinge and a flexure made out of a multi-layer material. Localized heating is applied to the outrigger leads during the process of forming flexure legs to set a stable pitch static attitude, which does not change, by subsequent thermal exposures.