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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Takao Kidachi, Yamato, JP;
Tadaaki Tomiyama, Chofu, JP;
Yoshio Uematsu, Fujisawa, JP;
Hiromi Ishikawa Ishikawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Tatsushi Yoshida, Chigasaki, JP;
Hiroyoshi Yokome, Fujisawa, JP;
Yukihiro Nakamura, Fujisawa, JP;
Hisashi Ohyama, Yamato, JP;
Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Ayase, JP;
Takao Kidachi, Yamato, JP;
Tadaaki Tomiyama, Chofu, JP;
Yoshio Uematsu, Fujisawa, JP;
Hiromi Ishikawa Ishikawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Tatsushi Yoshida, Chigasaki, JP;
Hiroyoshi Yokome, Fujisawa, JP;
Yukihiro Nakamura, Fujisawa, JP;
Hisashi Ohyama, Yamato, JP;
Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Ayase, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method of assembling a head gimbal assembly. The method comprises a series of steps which include: stacking a base plate, a load beam, and a flexure to form a three-layered stacked series with at least a bottom layer being a base plate series; joining portions of the load beam to the base plate, and the flexure to the load beam in the three-layered stacked series to make a suspension section; attaching a slider to the flexure in the suspension section to make a head gimbal assembly; load-bending a hinge portion formed in the head gimbal assembly; and heating the hinge portion in order to adjust a bending load on the hinge portion at a predetermined bending angle to a predetermined value.