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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Toshihiko Shimizu, Yasato, JP;
Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Chiyoda, JP;
Toshihiro Arisaka, Odawara, JP;
Hiromitsu Masuda, Odawara, JP;
Gentaro Nakamura, Odawara, JP;
Takenori Atsumi, Chiyoda, JP;
Toshihiko Shimizu, Yasato, JP;
Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Chiyoda, JP;
Toshihiro Arisaka, Odawara, JP;
Hiromitsu Masuda, Odawara, JP;
Gentaro Nakamura, Odawara, JP;
Takenori Atsumi, Chiyoda, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd., Odawara, JP;
Abstract
A carriage arm assembly for swingably supporting a magnetic head which includes a slider, a suspension carrying the slider, a carriage arm to which the suspension is attached, and a body section. The carriage arm extends from the body section and includes first and second arm members extending substantially in parallel with a swinging plane of the carriage arm, and a fixing portion provided at a distal end of the carriage arm for mounting the suspension thereon. Each of the first and second arm members have narrow sections in a distal end area and a base end area thereof, wherein a width of the narrow sections in a swinging direction is smaller than a width of an intermediate area of the first and second arm members.