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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Applicant:
Akira Nojima, Atsugi, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Nojima, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/12 (2006.01); H01M 2/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A slider tester includes a disk, movable table, table drive mechanism, guide member, etc. A plurality of suspensions are mounted on the movable table. A slider is mounted on each suspension. A guide member can support respective lift tabs of the suspensions. The guide member includes a first guide surface, second guide surface, and opening arranged in a track width direction of the disk. When any of the lift tabs gets into the opening as the movable table moves in the track width direction of the disk, the slider is dropped toward a recording surface of the disk.