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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2005
Applicants:
LI Yan Zhu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ming Gao Yao, GuangDong, CN;
Masashi Shiraishi, Hong Kong, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Hong Kong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A HGA of the invention includes a slider; a micro-actuator to adjust the position of the slider; and a suspension to load the slider and the micro-actuator. The micro-actuator includes two side arms; a load plate for supporting the slider, which is connected with at least one of the side arms; a piezoelectric element connected with the side arms; and a base shaft to couple with the suspension, which is connected with the side arms and positioned between the load plate and the piezoelectric element. The invention also discloses a disk drive unit using such a HGA.