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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Chen-chi Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunjer C. Cheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chen-Chi Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunjer C. Cheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive, includes a disk and a head stack assembly for reading and writing to the disk. The head stack assembly includes a body portion defining a through bore that defines a pivot axis; an actuator arm cantilevered from the body portion, the actuator arm defining a thickness, the actuator arm defining at least one through slot in the thickness thereof through which air can flow, each through slot defining a slot surface that is generally perpendicular to the pivot axis; a coil portion cantilevered from the body portion in an opposite direction from the actuator arm, and a head gimbal assembly coupled to the actuator arm.
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