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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Visit Thaveeprungsriporn, Bangkok, TH;
Khampon Sittipongpanich, Bangkok, TH;
Christopher Schreiber, Lake Elsinore, CA (US);
Visit Thaveeprungsriporn, Bangkok, TH;
Khampon Sittipongpanich, Bangkok, TH;
Christopher Schreiber, Lake Elsinore, CA (US);
Magnecomp Corporation, Murrieta, CA (US);
Abstract
A structure for a load beam used in hard disk drive devices includes an asymmetric structure. The load beam exhibits longitudinal asymmetry (i.e., is asymmetric along its long axis) in regard to the weight distribution, but has a center of mass that lies along its longitudinal axis due to the provisioning of counterbalancing features, such as the addition of material, the removal of material, or a combination of adding material and removing material, or the use of an asymmetrical damping layer.