Suspension for compensating slider attitude

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8861143
APP PUB NO 20120268841A1
SERIAL NO

13435515

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Disclosed is an assembly located in a memory device. The assembly includes: a suspension including a flexure to which a slider is coupled and a load beam disposed at an upper part of the flexure. The assembly also includes at least one piezoelectric film coupled to the suspension and configured to control at least one of an angle between the load beam and the flexure in a pitching direction and an angle between the load beam and the flexure in a rolling direction by being extended or contracted when electrical current is applied thereto.

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  • SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chang, Young Bae Seoul, KR 3 18
Hong, Eo Jin Gyeonggi-do, KR 1 4
Kim, Woo Sung Seoul, KR 63 243

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