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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Takashi Honda, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, N.T., HK;
Hidetoshi Matsui, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, N.T., HK;
Inventors:
Takashi Honda, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, N.T., HK;
Hidetoshi Matsui, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, N.T., HK;
Assignee:
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Hong Kong, HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microactuator includes: a base to be joined to a flexure; a pair of arms joined to the base; and PZT devices, mounted on the arms, to be deformed in an expanding or contracting manner based on driving signals applied, and the microactuator holds the side faces of the magnetic head slider between the arms. The length of each arm is set to a length same as or shorter than that of the magnetic head slider in a longitudinal direction.