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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Yiduo Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yih-jen D. Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Martin J. Mccaslin, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Tzong-shii Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Drew B. Lawson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Yiduo Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yih-Jen D. Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Martin J. McCaslin, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Tzong-Shii Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Drew B. Lawson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive suspension assembly includes a load beam, a first hinge arm, a second hinge arm, a base plate, and a flexure that includes a head mounting surface. The base plate has a first base plate layer that includes a first base plate side and an opposing second base plate side. The first base plate side has a main base plate surface and a recessed base plate surface parallel to and offset from the main base plate surface. A first hinge arm is attached to the main base plate surface. A second hinge arm is attached to the recessed base plate surface. The first and second hinge arms are attached to the load beam. The base plate has a first thickness at the main base plate surface and a second thickness at the recessed base plate surface that is the same as the first thickness.