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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2011
Geoffrey A. Hales, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunjer C. Cheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Tao Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Geoffrey A. Hales, San Jose, CA (US);
Chunjer C. Cheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Tao Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Removable actuator assemblies for testing head gimbal assemblies of a storage device are provided. One such removable test assembly for a head gimbal assembly (HGA) includes an actuator base including at least one guide pin, a shoe assembly including a body including a first end portion opposite to a second end portion, a first attachment means for releaseably coupling the shoe assembly with the actuator base, the first attachment means positioned along the first end portion and including at least one hole in the body configured to receive the at least one guide pin, and a locking cam configured to rotate such that a portion of the cam is positioned over a portion of the at least one hole, and a second attachment means for releaseably coupling the shoe assembly with the HGA, the second attachment means positioned along the second end portion.