Appeal 2007-0936
Application 10/455,507
THE INVENTION
The disclosed invention generally relates to the field of disk drives.
More particularly, the disclosed invention relates to a microactuator for
finely positioning a read/write head of a hard disk drive and a suspension
arrangement of the hard disk with the microactuator (Specification 1).
The appeal contains claims 10-21. Claims 10 and 16 are independent
claims. Claim 10 is illustrative:
10. A disk drive suspension, comprising:
a load beam having a rigid body, a proximal and a distal end, a
spring region between the proximal end and the rigid body and a
connection region between the rigid body and the distal end;
a flexure on the load beam, which is configured for receiving
and supporting a read/write head; and
a microactuator on the connection region of the load beam, the
microactuator responsive to tracking control signals for moving the
distal end of load beam with said flexure and read/write head along a
tracking axis with respect to the rigid body.
THE REFERENCE
The Examiner relies upon the following reference:
Imamura US 5,754,444 Jun. 9, 1998
THE REJECTION
Claims 10-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Imamura.
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