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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2004
Applicant:
Momo Boljanovic, Milipitas, CA (US);
Inventor:
Momo Boljanovic, Milipitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An actuator arm assembly of a hard disk drive. The assembly includes a flexure that is attached to an actuator arm and a head coupled to the flexure. The head is coupled to a pre-amplifier circuit of the drive. The head is also electrically grounded through the flexure and the actuator arm. To improve the reliability of the ground path the flexure has a spring that is contact with a slot of the actuator arm. The spring provides a ground path from the head to the actuator arm.