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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wachira Puttichaem, Muang, TH;
Udom Konyong, Muang, TH;
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01); B23K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/1272 (2013.01); B23K 1/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, related to manufacturing of head gimbal assembly (HGA) including the steps of soldering a first component on a HGA, while the HGA is mounted on an HGA mounting member and while a protective carrier bar of the HGA carrier is in a first position. The method further includes the steps of moving the protective carrier bar to a second position, and soldering a second component on the HGA while the protective carrier bar is in the second position.