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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Ayase, JP;
Hiroyasu Tsuchida, Fujisawa, JP;
Hideto Imai, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Yukihiro Nakamura, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4826 (2013.01); G11B 5/1272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A head gimbal assembly for a hard disk drive comprises a flexure having a planar surface and a standoff structure extending from the planar surface, where the standoff structure includes a monolithic element. A head slider in which a read-write head is housed is adhered to the flexure with an adhesive, such that the adhesive surrounds the monolithic element so that the monolithic element may absorb strain energy caused by curing of the adhesive.