Appeal No. 2002-1157
Application No. 08/901,940
by the load beam in FIG. 4) is mounted on the gimbal pad 49.
Narrow webs of metal between the gimbal pad and the balance
of the load beam can bend to provide gimbal pivots for the
pad. One pair of webs is parallel to the axis of the load
beam, and the other pair is transverse to the axis. Thus
the pad can roll or tilt in any direction so that the slider
mounted on the pad can tilt or roll to fly at the
appropriate attitude relative to the surface of the disk.
Such gimbal assembly is conventional.
[Emphasis added.]
Hyde, therefore, teaches that the gimbal pad is defined by
generally arcuate holes which leave metal web or bridges both
parallel to the axis of the load beam and transverse to the axis.
As depicted in Figure 4, one opposing pair of U-shaped holes (to
left and right of gimbal pad 49) define the metal web or bridges
above and below the gimbal pad whereas one opposing pair of
generally V-shaped holes (above and below gimbal pad 49) are
formed outside the U-shaped holes and define the metal web or
bridges to left and right of the gimbal pad.
Yaginuma, on the other hand discloses a structure for
supporting a slider with a magnetic head, which is bonded to a
joining portion of a gimbal portion (col. 1, lines 59-66). As
depicted in Figure 8, slider mounting portion 84 of gimbal 8
includes opening portions 51 and 71 which shorten the bonding
length of the adhesive between the magnetic head and the slider
mounting portion (col. 5, lines 37-50). Therefore, we find that,
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