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Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);

Inventors:

Mark A. Miller, Hutchinson, MN (US);

Yasushi Sakamoto, Hutchinson, MN (US);

Assignee:

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/483 (2015.09); G11B 5/4833 (2013.01); G11B 5/4873 (2013.01); G11B 5/596 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments concern a dual stage actuation flexure. The dual stage actuation flexure comprises a flexure having a gimbal. The gimbal comprising a pair of spring arms, a tongue between the spring arms, and a pair of linkages respectively connecting the pair of spring arms to the tongue. The dual stage actuation flexure further comprises a pair of motors mounted on the gimbal and a pair of stiffeners respectively mounted on the motors. The dual stage actuation flexure further comprises a slider mounting. Electrical activation of the motors bends the pair of linkages to move the slider mounting about a tracking axis while the stiffeners limit the degree of bending of the motors during the electrical activation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Miller, Mark. (2018). Two-motor co-located gimbal-based dual stage actuation disk drive suspensions with motor stiffeners (U.S. Patent No. 9997183). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9997183

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