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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Jafar Hadian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tadashi Yogi, San Jose, CA (US);
Shuyu Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive includes a drive housing, a storage disk coupled to the drive housing and a head arm assembly coupled to the drive housing. The head arm assembly includes an adjuster and a slider coupled to the adjuster. As provided herein, the adjuster changes the gram load that is applied to the slider as the temperature near the adjuster changes. In one of the embodiments, the adjuster increases the gram load that is applied to the slider as the temperature near the adjuster decreases.