Appeal No. 95-4550
Application 08/025,902
claims are pending in the application.
The invention disclosed in appellant’s application is an
apparatus for supporting a read/write transducer head
slider in a disc type data storage system. The apparatus mainly
comprises a load beam (300) connected to an actuator arm (200)
and a flexure (400) having (a) a first portion (420) attached to
one end of the load beam and (b) a second portion (410)
configured to receive a slider (500).
According to claims 1 and 6, the only independent claims on
appeal, the flexure includes a double bend bight portion (450)
interconnecting the first and second flexure portions. The bend
axes defined by the double bend are substantially perpendicular
to the longitudinal axis of the flexure such that the second
flexure portion lies along a plane substantially parallel to the
plane of the first flexure portion. Both of the independent
claims on appeal recite that a dimple (460) is disposed on the
second flexure portion proximate to the bight portion to permit
the flexure to pitch and roll about a contact point (465) between
the dimple and the load beam. Claim 1 is directed to the
combination of the actuator arm, the load beam and the flexure,
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