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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Yiduo Zhang, Plymouth, MN (US);
Wade A. Linnertz, Chaska, MN (US);
Randolph Edward Fossum, Richfield, MN (US);
Shane J. Van Sloun, Waconia, MN (US);
Inventors:
Yiduo Zhang, Plymouth, MN (US);
Wade A. Linnertz, Chaska, MN (US);
Randolph Edward Fossum, Richfield, MN (US);
Shane J. Van Sloun, Waconia, MN (US);
Assignee:
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A baseplate for swaging a disk drive head suspension to an arm having a thickness and a neutral axis. The baseplate includes a boss tower having an outer diameter high point configured to be located within about ±6% of the arm thickness from the neutral axis when swaged to an arm.