Process for making a one-piece flexure for small magnetic heads

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PATENT NO 5434731
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08148049

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A process for making a gimbal formed integral with a load beam by through etching a H pattern at the end of the beam to define a pair of tabs connected by a pair of gimbal beams; half etching from the head direction one tab with an defined area masked to form a load button; and half etching the beam from the other direction to provide the proper gimbal stiffness. In practice, the head is glued to the other tab and load is applied through the button.

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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC47488 KATO ROAD FREMONT CA 94258

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Hagen, Tracy M Edina, MN 15 413

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