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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. 29, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Donald James Macleod, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventor:
Donald James MacLeod, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B005/48 ; G11B005/55 ; G11B033/08 ; G11B033/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data access assembly with a load arm formed from an Mn—Cu alloy is disclosed. The load arm may be supported by and actuator arm formed from a common Mn—Cu damping alloy, which has a composition (X)Fe—(A)Mn—(B)Cu—(C)Ni. In one embodiment, X is substantially 73, A is substantially 20, B is substantially 5 and C is substantially 2, wherein A, B, C and X represent the weight percent of the respective elements in the composition.