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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:

Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;

Inventors:

Jeffrey Kerner, San Jose, CA (US);

Manoj B. Keshavan, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

HGST NETHERLANDS B.V., Amsterdam, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4833 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

An actuator assembly for a magnetic storage device includes a top surface and a bottom surface that opposes the top surface. The actuator assembly also includes a first constraining layer that is secured to the top surface by a first adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is positioned between the top surface and the first constraining layer. Additionally, the actuator assembly includes a second constraining layer that is secured to the bottom surface by a second adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer is positioned between the bottom surface and the second constraining layer. At least one of (i) the first constraining layer is configured differently than the second constraining layer; and (ii) the first adhesive layer is configured differently than the second adhesive layer.


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