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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Aaron J. Hanna, San Jose, CA (US);
Lin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jin Hui Ou-yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chiao-ping R. Ku, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron J. Hanna, San Jose, CA (US);
Lin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jin Hui Ou-Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chiao-Ping R. Ku, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disk drives including suspensions and head gimbal assemblies in which the load beam pitch angle is reduced exhibit a reduced disk flutter induced track mis-registration (TMR) at the disk outer diameter. The reduction in the load beam pitch angle may be achieved through variations in the load beam, hinge and/or mount plate configurations, relative positions and/or thickness.