| US 7,502,203 B1 | ||
| Hard disk drive suspension employing a vertical offset to reduce track mis-registration induced by disk vibration | ||
| Martin John McCaslin, Pleasanton, Calif. (US); Khampon Sittipongpanich, Bangkok (Thailand); Sitthipong Footrakul, Nontaburi (Thailand); and Visit Thaveeprungsriporn, Bangkok (Thailand) | ||
| Assigned to Magnecomp Corporation, Temecula, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/292,889. | ||
| Application 11/292889 is a continuation of application No. 11/119363, filed on Apr. 29, 2005. | ||
| Application 11/119363 is a continuation of application No. 10/943804, filed on Sep. 16, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/504081, filed on Sep. 19, 2003. | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 5/48 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—244.5 | 20 Claims |
| 1. A suspension assembly for holding a reading head within an operative distance from a surface of a spinning magnetic disk,
said surface defining a disk surface, said magnetic disk including an outer edge and having an axis of rotation, said reading
head being coupled to a moving arm by two resilient members, each resilient member being selected from the group consisting
of a spring extension and a hinge,
said suspension assembly including purely mechanical means for causing said reading head to:
automatically move toward the disk outer edge when said disk surface moves away from said reading head; and to
automatically move toward the axis of rotation when said disk surface moves toward said reading head;
said resilient members being not rolled relative to the disk surface,
whereby track misregistration between said reading head and a data track on said magnetic disk is reduced.
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