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Patent No.:

US 7684157 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2005
Applicants:

Minggao Yao, DongGuan, CN;

Masashi Shiraishi, HongKong, CN;

Yiru Xie, DongGuan, CN;

Inventors:

MingGao Yao, DongGuan, CN;

Masashi Shiraishi, HongKong, CN;

YiRu Xie, DongGuan, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A HGA of the present invention includes a slider; a micro-actuator comprising two thin film PZT pieces to define a notch; a suspension to load the slider and the micro-actuator. The suspension comprises: a flexure having an actuator loading portion with a slot corresponding to the notch of the micro-actuator, and a slider-loading portion to partially hold the slider; and a load beam having a first dimple to support the flexure at a position thereof corresponding to a central area of the slider, and a second dimple extending through both the slot of the flexure and the notch defined by the micro-actuator and toward an leading edge end portion of the slider to form a gap between the slider and the second dimple. The invention also discloses a disk drive unit having the improved HGA.


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Yao, MingGao. (2010). Head gimbal assembly including first and second dimples, and disk drive unit including the same (U.S. Patent No. 7684157). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7684157

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