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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marc Davidson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Varuvadivelan Krishnan, Puchong Jaya, MY;
Siu Ken Tan, Beranang, MY;
Kin Lim Kok, Seri Kembangan, MY;
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4826 (2013.01); G11B 5/5582 (2013.01); G11B 5/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a ramp for a hard disk drive. The HDD ramp generally includes a ramp body having a head separator fin, a gimbal limiter adjacent to the head separator fin which is thicker than the head separator fin, and a first chamfer at a transition between a first surface of the gimbal limiter and a first surface of the head separator fin. A hard disk drive including such a HDD ramp and a method for using the HDD ramp are also disclosed.