	US 7,614,136 B2
	Method of producing a framing assembly
Ming-Gao Yao, Dongguan (China); Masashi Shiraishi, Kowloon (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The); and Yi-Ru Xie, Dongguan (China)
Assigned to SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Shatin, N.T. (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/769,667.
Application 10/912412 is a division of application No. 10/278347, filed on Oct. 22, 2002, granted, now 6,927,945, filed on Aug. 09, 2005.
Application 11/769667 is a continuation of application No. 10/912412, filed on Aug. 04, 2004, granted, now 7,240,417.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN02/00439 (WO), filed on Jun. 26, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2008/0024914 A1, Jan. 31, 2008
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G11B 5/127 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 29—603.04 [29/25.35; 29/603.03; 29/603.07; 360/294.1; 360/294.2; 360/294.4]

9 Claims

1. A method, comprising:

producing a framing assembly pattern for a micro-actuator from a thin planar piece of material, the framing assembly pattern including:

a base piece to be coupled to the head gimbal assembly;

a first arm; and

a second arm;

bending the first arm into a position perpendicular to the base piece;

bending a first support into a position perpendicular to the first arm, the first support to be coupled to a connection plate to electrically couple a magnetic head to a printed circuit assembly;

bending the second arm into a position perpendicular to the base piece;

bending a second support for the connection plate into a position perpendicular to the second arm, wherein the first arm extends continuously to attach to the base piece to the first support, and the second arm extends continuously to attach to the base piece, and wherein the first and second arms continuously extend perpendicularly to the base, the first support and the second support; and

coupling a magnetic read/write head to the framing assembly to form ‘U’-shaped micro actuator.