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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
May. 03, 2007
Gary J. Berscheit, Watertown, MN (US);
Shane D. Kruse, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Gary J. Berscheit, Watertown, MN (US);
Shane D. Kruse, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
A load beam or load beam component having rails for use with a disk drive head suspension. The load beam or component is formed from a sheet of material having a first thickness. One or more polygons, beams or other structures having the full first thickness are formed in the rails by partial etching other portions of the rails to a non-zero second thickness that is less than the first thickness. The multi-thickness structures in the rails enhance the operational performance characteristics of the load beam or load beam component.