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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Steven J. Benda, Cokato, MN (US);
Steven J. Benda, Cokato, MN (US);
Benda Corporation, Cokato, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments provide head suspension load beams formed from a sheet of material with one or more stiffening members molded on the sheet. In some cases the sheet material includes an out-of-plane portion extending out at a nonzero angle, and the stiffening member includes a rib formed on the sheet material about the out-of-plane portion of the sheet material. In some cases a void extending through the sheet material connects portions of a stiffening member on opposite surfaces of the sheet material. Ribs of stiffening material may also provide flow pathways for directing moldable material to portions of the sheet, such as for forming a rib about the sheet edge. A method of making a load beam includes placing a sheet material within an injection mold and bending a portion of the sheet material during the molding process.