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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Head stack assembly including laminated nut plate with damping layer interposed between metal layers
Chen-chi Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Kamran Oveyssi, San Jose, CA (US);
Chen-Chi Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Kamran Oveyssi, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A head stack assembly for use in a disk drive. The head stack assembly includes an actuator body. The head stack assembly further includes an actuator arm extending from the actuator body. The actuator arm includes an arm tip portion. The head stack assembly further includes a suspension attached to the arm tip portion. The head stack assembly further includes a laminated nut plate attached to the arm tip portion and the suspension. The nut plate includes first and second metal layers and a damping layer interposed between the first and second metal layers for mitigating vibration of the suspension with respect to the actuator arm.