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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Satya Prakash Arya, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Satya Prakash Arya, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a suspension member designed to carry a slider and read/write head elements in a magnetic data storage device. The method includes forming the suspension member into a desired length and width configuration with a nominal thickness dimension. One or more pockets are formed in one or both surfaces of the suspension member. The pockets are treated by way of punch-coining or roll-coining to minimize pocket depth tolerances and introduce hardness and strength into surface areas of said pockets.