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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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Zhang, Yiduo. (2006). Swaging-optimized baseplate for disk drive head suspension (U.S. Patent No. 7042680). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7042680

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