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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2011
Mark S. Seymour, Felton, CA (US);
Mitchell D. Dougherty, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Walter G. Banshak, Jr., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Geoffrey A. Hales, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark S. Seymour, Felton, CA (US);
Mitchell D. Dougherty, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Walter G. Banshak, Jr., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Geoffrey A. Hales, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A suspension clamp is disclosed for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm. The suspension clamp comprises a housing including a spring operable to bias a latching member, wherein the latching member is rotatable about a pivot. After compressing the spring and rotating the latching member in a first direction, the latching member is operable to clamp the suspension to the actuator arm by decompressing the spring.