Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090103212 | Magnetic Head Suspension - An elastic plate connected at both ends to a pair of supporting pieces of a supporting portion and connected at center to a member forming a load beam portion functions as a load bending portion, thereby enhancing impact resistance against jumping motion of a magnetic head slider. A balance mass member is mounted on a portion of the member forming the load beam portion positioned on a base-end side than the elastic plate, thereby enhancing impact resistance against clashing motion of the balance mass member while equilibrating mass between tip-end and base-end sides of the load beam portion. A narrowest portion of the supporting portion is positioned, with respect to the suspension lengthwise direction, between a position of a base-end of a concave portion defined the pair of supporting pieces and a position where phantom lines extending from inner side edges of arm areas of the supporting pieces intersect with a longitudinal center line of the suspension, thereby effectively reducing mass of tip-end side of the supporting portion without deteriorating rigidity of the supporting pieces. | 04-23-2009 |
20090190261 | Magnetic Head Suspension - A load bending part includes a pair of first elastic plate parts and a second elastic plate part. The pair of first elastic plate parts are elastically deformed in a bended manner so as to generate a first pressing load. The second elastic plate part is positioned between the pair of first elastic plate parts in the suspension widthwise direction in a state of having both ends in its longitudinal direction connected to a pair of support pieces of a supporting part, and are elastically deformed in a twisted manner around a twist axis line along the suspension widthwise direction so as to generate a second pressing load. The total of the first and second pressing loads functions as a load for pressing the magnetic head slider toward the disk surface against air pressure due to rotation of a disk surface. | 07-30-2009 |
20100202087 | Magnetic Head Suspension - It is an object to achieve prevention of lowering resonant frequency and improved production efficiency while achieving reduction in weight of a supporting part with a boss portion and reduction in thickness at area at which the boss portion is located. In the present invention, the supporting part includes a first supporting member with which a load bending part is connected, and a second supporting member with the boss portion and a main body region extended radially outward from the boss portion. At least one of the inner periphery of the mount hole and the outer periphery of the main body region is integrally provided with a rib region. The first and second supporting members are connected to each other by a restoring force of the rib region that has been elastically and/or plastically deformed by the other one of the inner periphery of the mount hole and the outer periphery of the main body region with the main body region being located at least partially in the mount hole in a through-thickness direction. | 08-12-2010 |
20100246067 | Magnetic Head Suspension - In a magnetic head suspension according to the present invention, each of paired right and left connecting beams that are positioned on both sides of an open section, with which paired piezoelectric elements are at least partially overlapped in a plan view, in a suspension width direction and connect a proximal end section that is directly or indirectly connected to a main actuator and a distal end section to which the load bending part is connected includes proximal-side and distal-side beams. The distal-side beam is inclined with respect to the proximal-side beam in a plan view such that a connection point between the proximal-side and distal-side beams is located closer to a suspension longitudinal center line relative to a virtual line connecting the proximal end of the proximal-side beam and the distal end of the distal-side beam. | 09-30-2010 |
20100271732 | Magnetic Head Suspension - In a magnetic head suspension according to the present invention, each of paired right and left connecting beams that are positioned on both sides in a suspension width direction of an open section, with which piezoelectric elements are at least partially overlapped in a plan view, and connect a proximal end section directly or indirectly connected to a main actuator and a distal end section to which a load bending part is connected includes a convex portion projecting in a thickness direction that is perpendicular to the disk surface. The configuration makes it possible to improve the impact resistance and raise the resonance frequency of a magnetic head suspension capable of performing micro motion of a magnetic head slider by the piezoelectric elements. | 10-28-2010 |
20110058282 | Magnetic Head Suspension - In a magnetic head suspension according to the present invention, each of paired piezoelectric elements is disposed within an open section of a supporting part so that at least a part of its distal-side end surface faces a distal-side wall surface of the distal end section of the supporting part with having a distal-side gap between the distal-side end surface and the distal-side wall surface and at least a part of its proximal-side end surface faces a proximal-side wall surface of the proximal end section of the supporting part with having a proximal-side gap between the proximal-side end surface and the proximal-side wall surface in a state where both of upper and lower electrode layers of the piezoelectric element do not face the supporting part and any rigid members that are fixed to the supporting part. Each of the paired piezoelectric elements is fixed to the supporting part by a distal-side insulative adhesive agent and a proximal-side insulative adhesive agent that fill the distal-side gap and the proximal-side gap, respectively. | 03-10-2011 |
20110249366 | Magnetic Head Suspension and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A flexure metal plate includes distal and proximal end side-center-support plate forming regions that are positioned on distal and proximal sides within an open section. To a distal end section of a supporting part that is positioned on a distal side of the open section, first and second-distal side-metal plates are fixed so as to be positioned on an outer side of the distal end side-center-support plate forming region in a width direction, and to a proximal end section of the supporting part that is positioned on a proximal side of the open section, first and second-proximal side-metal plates are fixed so as to be positioned on an outer side of the proximal end side-center-support plate forming region in the width direction. The first and second-distal side-metal plates form a distal end side-support plate in cooperation with the distal end side-center-support plate forming region, and the first and second-proximal side-metal plates form a proximal end side-support plate in cooperation with the proximal end side-center-support plate forming region. | 10-13-2011 |
20110292550 | Magnetic Head Suspension - First and second piezoelectric element overlapped portions of an insulating layer of a flexure part is formed with first and second connecting openings, respectively. There are provided on an upper surface of the insulating layer, first and second lower conductive adhesive agents that electrically connect lower electrode layers of first and second piezoelectric elements to a voltage supply wiring through the first and second connecting openings, and a surrounding insulative adhesive agent that is arranged so as to surround the first and second lower conductive adhesive agents in a plan view. | 12-01-2011 |
20120087043 | Magnetic Head Suspension - Each of side edges of a main body portion of a load beam part includes a proximal end region inclined at a first inclination angle so as to come closer to a suspension longitudinal center line as it goes from proximal to distal sides, and a distal end region inclined at a second inclination angle smaller than the first inclination angle so as to come closer to the center line as it goes from a proximal side connected via an inflection point to a distal end of the proximal end region to a distal side. | 04-12-2012 |
20120106005 | Magnetic Head Suspension - A load beam part, which includes a plate-like main body portion facing a disk surface and paired flange portions bended from both side edges of the main body portion in a suspension width direction so as to extend toward a direction opposite from the disk surface, is bended at first and second bending lines in such a convex manner as to project in the direction toward the disk surface, the first bending line being positioned between the proximal end portion of the load beam part and the dimple in the suspension longitudinal direction and extending along the suspension width direction, the second bending line being positioned between the first bending line and the dimple in the suspension longitudinal direction and extending along the suspension width direction. | 05-03-2012 |
20120206835 | Magnetic Head Suspension - In a magnetic head suspension according to the present invention, each of paired right and left connecting beams that are positioned on both sides of an open section, with which paired piezoelectric elements are at least partially overlapped in a plan view, in a suspension width direction and connect a proximal end section that is directly or indirectly connected to a main actuator and a distal end section to which the load bending part is connected includes proximal-side and distal-side beams. The distal-side beam is inclined with respect to the proximal-side beam in a plan view such that a connection point between the proximal-side and distal-side beams is located closer to a suspension longitudinal center line relative to a virtual line connecting the proximal end of the proximal-side beam and the distal end of the distal-side beam. | 08-16-2012 |
20120218664 | Magnetic Head Suspension - The present invention provides a magnetic head suspension, wherein a supporting portion such as an arm or base plate includes a pair of supporting pieces extending from its opposite sides in the widthwise direction to a tip-end side of the suspension, and a concave portion which is defined by the pair of supporting pieces and is opened toward the tip-end side of the suspension, there is provided an elastically-deformable elastic plate which is connected to the pair of supporting pieces at a first end and a second end in the widthwise direction of the magnetic head suspension, the member forming the load beam portion is connected to the elastic plate, and the elastic plate forms the load bending portion. | 08-30-2012 |
20120218665 | Magnetic Head Suspension - The present invention provides a magnetic head suspension, wherein a supporting portion such as an arm or base plate includes a pair of supporting pieces extending from its opposite sides in the widthwise direction to a tip-end side of the suspension, and a concave portion which is defined by the pair of supporting pieces and is opened toward the tip-end side of the suspension, there is provided an elastically-deformable elastic plate which is connected to the pair of supporting pieces at a first end and a second end in the widthwise direction of the magnetic head suspension, the member forming the load beam portion is connected to the elastic plate, and the elastic plate forms the load bending portion. | 08-30-2012 |
20120218666 | Magnetic head suspension - A load beam part main body portion's side edges include a proximal end region inclined at a first angle and a distal end region inclined at a smaller second angle. Where “L” is a distance in a suspension longitudinal direction between a supporting part's distal end portion and a dimple, a distance “a” in the same direction from the supporting part's distal end portion until an inflection point between the proximal end region and the distal end region satisfies 0.44 L≦a≦0.78 L. A support plate's side edges fixed to the load beam part main body portion's lower surface is located, in the suspension width direction, inward from a virtual line connecting the proximal end region's proximal end and the distal end region's distal end and outward from the proximal end region and the distal end region, and extends, in the suspension longitudinal direction, across the inflection point. | 08-30-2012 |
20120224280 | Magnetic Head Suspension - The present invention provides a magnetic head suspension, wherein a supporting portion such as an arm or base plate includes a pair of supporting pieces extending from its opposite sides in the widthwise direction to a tip-end side of the suspension, and a concave portion which is defined by the pair of supporting pieces and is opened toward the tip-end side of the suspension, there is provided an elastically-deformable elastic plate which is connected to the pair of supporting pieces at a first end and a second end in the widthwise direction of the magnetic head suspension, the member forming the load beam portion is connected to the elastic plate, and the elastic plate forms the load bending portion. | 09-06-2012 |
20120236438 | Magnetic Head Suspension - The present invention provides a magnetic head suspension, wherein a supporting portion such as an arm or base plate includes a pair of supporting pieces extending from its opposite sides in the widthwise direction to a tip-end side of the suspension, and a concave portion which is defined by the pair of supporting pieces and is opened toward the tip-end side of the suspension, there is provided an elastically-deformable elastic plate which is connected to the pair of supporting pieces at a first end and a second end in the widthwise direction of the magnetic head suspension, the member forming the load beam portion is connected to the elastic plate, and the elastic plate forms the load bending portion. | 09-20-2012 |
20120250191 | Magnetic Head Suspension - Provided that a distance between a distal edge of a supporting part and a dimple is represented by L | 10-04-2012 |
20120281316 | Magnetic Head Suspension - In a magnetic head suspension according to the present invention, each of paired right and left connecting beams that are positioned on both sides of an open section, with which paired piezoelectric elements are at least partially overlapped in a plan view, in a suspension width direction and connect a proximal end section that is directly or indirectly connected to a main actuator and a distal end section to which the load bending part is connected includes proximal-side and distal-side beams. The distal-side beam is inclined with respect to the proximal-side beam in a plan view such that a connection point between the proximal-side and distal-side beams is located closer to a suspension longitudinal center line relative to a virtual line connecting the proximal end of the proximal-side beam and the distal end of the distal-side beam. | 11-08-2012 |
20120281317 | Magnetic Head Suspension - In a magnetic head suspension according to the present invention, each of paired right and left connecting beams that are positioned on both sides of an open section, with which paired piezoelectric elements are at least partially overlapped in a plan view, in a suspension width direction and connect a proximal end section that is directly or indirectly connected to a main actuator and a distal end section to which the load bending part is connected includes proximal-side and distal-side beams. The distal-side beam is inclined with respect to the proximal-side beam in a plan view such that a connection point between the proximal-side and distal-side beams is located closer to a suspension longitudinal center line relative to a virtual line connecting the proximal end of the proximal-side beam and the distal end of the distal-side beam. | 11-08-2012 |
20130077193 | Magnetic Head Suspension and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A magnetic head suspension includes a supporting part, a load bending part, a load beam part and a flexure part, and is configured so that a condition of L | 03-28-2013 |