Appeal No. 2002-1471 Page 2
Application No. 09/141,183
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a disc drive data storage
system and load beam having a slide capture which allows a
conductor sleeve to move longitudinally therethrough in a first
direction which is coincident with a longitudinal axis of a
capture sleeve proximate to the slide capture, for routing a head
wire and tube assembly. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced
as follows:
1. A load beam adapted for coupling a gimbal to a support
arm in a data storage system and for supporting a conductor
sleeve running from the support arm to a location proximate the
gimbal, the load beam comprising:
a resilient section having a first end adapted for
attachment to the support arm and having a second end;
a substantially rigid section having a first end coupled to
the second end of the resilient section and having a second end
adapted for attachment to the gimbal, wherein the resilient and
substantially rigid sections of the load beam are separated from
one another by a preload bend in the load beam;
a first slide capture adapted to slidably secure the
conductors sleeve to the rigid section of the load beam, wherein
when slidably securing the conductor sleeve to the rigid section
of the load beam, the first slide capture allows the conductor
sleeve to move longitudinally therethrough in a first direction
which is coincident with a longitudinal axis of the conductor
sleeve proximate the first slide capture, while substantially
constraining the conductor sleeve from moving in all directions
orthogonal to the first direction; and
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