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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Toshiki Hirano, San Jose, CA (US);
Haruhide Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiki Hirano, San Jose, CA (US);
Haruhide Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/24 (2006.01); G11B 5/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A high-aspect ratio motion limiter of a microactuator and a method for fabrication are disclosed. In one embodiment, at least one low-aspect ratio gap is created in a substrate of a microactuator of a hard disk drive. The low-aspect ratio gap is then utilized to facilitate the creation of a high-aspect ratio motion limiter in the substrate of the microactuator.