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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Miller, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Allan D. Tokuda, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Assignee:
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4833 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disk drive head suspension including a load beam, a flexure on the load beam, and a load point dimple extending from the load beam toward the flexure. A constrained damper is located on the flexure and is engaged by the load point dimple. The constrained damper includes a layer of viscoelastic material on the flexure, and a metal constraining layer on the viscoelastic material. The flexure can be a co-located dual stage actuated flexure that includes a motor, and the constrained damper can be located on the motor.