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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Randolph Edward Fossum, Richfield, MN (US);
Inventor:
Randolph Edward Fossum, Richfield, MN (US);
Assignee:
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A base plate adapted to attach a head suspension assembly to an actuator arm. The base plate includes a flange portion with a boss tower perpendicular to a plane of the flange portion. The boss tower includes a swaging hole with a tapered portion that increases in diameter in a direction away from the flange portion.