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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Yih-Jen D. Chen, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert J. McNab, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for peripherally encapsulating a plurality of piezoelectric elements includes a first fixture with a fixture base and a plurality of protrusions extending from the fixture base. Each protrusion includes a distal support surface that is approximately the same size as an exposed portion of a first side of each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements. The apparatus includes first and second alignment combs, each including a plurality of tines that are spaced to position each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements there between. The tines of the second alignment comb are oriented approximately orthogonally relative to the tines of the first alignment comb.