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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2004
Michael E. Detjens, Altoona, WI (US);
Craig A. Leabch, Saint Cloud, MN (US);
Shane J. Van Sloun, Waconia, MN (US);
Michael E. Detjens, Altoona, WI (US);
Craig A. Leabch, Saint Cloud, MN (US);
Shane J. Van Sloun, Waconia, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
An actuator assembly for supporting a read/write device in an information storage device having an actuator arm having at least one tower protruding from a first surface of the actuator arm, a loadbeam having at least one tower receiving means for receiving the at least one tower, wherein the at least one tower is shaped to extend into the at least one tower receiving means when the loadbeam is joined with the actuator arm, and wherein the tower and tower receiving means are configured such that deforming the at least one tower when within the at least one tower receiving means provides a deformation interference between the at least one tower and the at least one tower receiving means that reduces movement of the tower receiving means relative to the tower.