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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Martin John Mccaslin, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Visit Thaveeprungsriporn, Bangkok, TH;
Alex Enriquez Cayaban, Fremont, CA (US);
Jason Aquinde Gomez, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martin John McCaslin, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Visit Thaveeprungsriporn, Bangkok, TH;
Alex Enriquez Cayaban, Fremont, CA (US);
Jason Aquinde Gomez, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nitto Denko Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are various techniques for reduction of the magnitude of the residual stress in the HDD gimbal circuits, or more specifically, the residual plastic strain. Various trace structures of the gimbal circuits as well as stress suppressors are utilized to achieve the reduction of the residual stress in the circuit.