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Number: 360/294.3
Name: Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval > Head mounting > For adjusting head position > Disk record > Adjustment parallel to disk plane > Driver detail
Description: Subject matter including specifics of a mechanism that provides adjustment movement.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
360/294.4 Piezoelectric adjuster 233
360/294.5 Voice coil adjuster 52


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7564649 Head assembly having a sensing element to provide feedback for head-media instability Jul. 21, 2009
7554772 Head gimbal assembly having an independent spacer therein and disk drive unit with the same Jun. 30, 2009
7532440 Dual stage, head stack assembly for a disk drive May. 12, 2009
7508634 Micro-actuator, vibration canceller, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive unit with the same Mar. 24, 2009
7355305 Small-size direct-acting actuator Apr. 8, 2008
7312956 Micro-actuator, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive unit with the same Dec. 25, 2007
7298593 Micro-actuator including a leading beam pivot part, head gimbal assembly and disk drive unit with the same Nov. 20, 2007
7277258 Dual-stage actuator disk drive with optimal location of the movable portion of the secondary actuator Oct. 2, 2007
7277257 Transducer-level microactuator for a magnetic recording system Oct. 2, 2007
7256968 Microactuated dimple for head suspensions Aug. 14, 2007
7248443 Method and apparatus for a MEMS micro-actuator assembly in a hard disk drive Jul. 24, 2007
7248442 Integrated recording head micropositioner using off-axis flexure bending Jul. 24, 2007
7247973 Moving mechanism using a piezoelectric actuator and a magnetic disk apparatus having such a moving mechanism Jul. 24, 2007
7239487 Micro-electro-mechanical actuator for positioning a device such as a read/write head in a disk drive Jul. 3, 2007
7230799 Electro-thermal micromechanical actuator for finitely positioning a storage device slider and methods of use and manufacture Jun. 12, 2007
7230800 Microactuator for a hard disk drive with an integrated gimbal function Jun. 12, 2007
7225513 Method for preventing operational and manufacturing imperfections in piezoelectric micro-actuators Jun. 5, 2007
7221542 System and method for hard drive damage prevention by providing reinforcing material to corners of a micro-actuator to improving the shock resistance thereof May. 22, 2007
7149060 Actuation device and method for high density hard disk drive head Dec. 12, 2006
7116525 Read/write assembly for magnetic hard disks Oct. 3, 2006
7088559 Integrated interconnect and method of manufacture therefor Aug. 8, 2006
7065845 Method for preventing operational and manufacturing imperfections in piezoelectric micro-actuators Jun. 27, 2006
7051424 Method and apparatus for electrically and physically coupling a micro-actuator and slider to a hard drive arm suspension for component replacement after detachment from the suspension May. 30, 2006
7023667 Dual stage suspension with PZT actuators arranged to improve actuation in suspensions of short length Apr. 4, 2006
7006332 Disk drive comprising suspension for magnetic head with positioning of slider to predetermined track through oscillation of voice coil motor Feb. 28, 2006
6927946 Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations Aug. 9, 2005
6927945 Collocated metal frame PZT micro-actuator with a lower stiffness suspension design Aug. 9, 2005
6924166 Process for sealing devices incorporating microstructures Aug. 2, 2005
6898042 Slider level microactuator with integrated fly control May. 24, 2005
6853517 Electrostatic microactuator with electrically isolated movable portion and associated drive circuitry Feb. 8, 2005
6833978 Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations Dec. 21, 2004
6831539 Magnetic microactuator for disc with integrated head connections and limiters drives Dec. 14, 2004
6809907 Remote-operated integrated microactuator, in particular for a read/write transducer of hard disks Oct. 26, 2004
6799323 Rotary positioning stage Sep. 28, 2004
6765765 Head gimbal assembly with in-situs adjustable pitch and roll Jul. 20, 2004
6731472 Suspension for disc drive May. 4, 2004
6731471 Low mass microactuator and method of manufacture May. 4, 2004
6731462 Slider and head assembly May. 4, 2004
6683757 Slider-level microactuator for precise head positioning Jan. 27, 2004
6665151 Flexible tabs for improved microactuator assembly process Dec. 16, 2003
6636387 Magnetic disk apparatus and head-supporting mechanism for the same Oct. 21, 2003
6636385 Magnetic disc apparatus having actuator for head positioning mechanism Oct. 21, 2003
6624981 Micrometric actuation, hard disk read/write unit with a flexure and microactuator formed in a monolithic body of semiconductor material Sep. 23, 2003
6611399 Micro-actuated micro-suspension(MAMS) slider for both fly height and tracking position Aug. 26, 2003
6594119 Thin film magnetic head slider and electrostatic actuator for driving a head element thereof Jul. 15, 2003
6590747 Seal for micro-electro-mechanical devices Jul. 8, 2003
6587312 Structure for electrically connecting microelectromechanical devices, in particular microactuators for hard disk drivers Jul. 1, 2003
6574077 Microactuator assembly having improved standoff configuration Jun. 3, 2003
6549375 Suspension gimbal with reduced pitch stiffness, compliant preloading bridge and unloading limiters Apr. 15, 2003
6535360 Disk drive head suspension assembly with microactuator Mar. 18, 2003

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