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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2005
Stephen P. Williams, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Timothy A. Riener, Fremont, CA (US);
Francis P. Crimi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Wentao Yan, Fremont, CA (US);
Stephen P. Williams, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Timothy A. Riener, Fremont, CA (US);
Francis P. Crimi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Wentao Yan, Fremont, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive head-gimbal assembly includes a flexure that is modified to address the effects that the operating temperature of the disk drive may have on fly height. Generally, the flexure tongue is split into a leading edge flexure tongue section and a trailing edge flexure tongue section that are separated by a slider decoupling section. The slider decoupling section structurally interconnects the leading and trailing edge flexure tongue section, and further provides a reduced contact area with the slider. This reduced contact limits the ability of the flexure tongue to induce a positive crown on the air bearing surface of the slider.