Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Actuator tilt interposer for within-row lapping mount tool for magnetic recording read-write heads
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Application No.: US15847805Application Date: 2017-12-19
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Publication No.: US10702969B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Darrick T. Smith , Glenn P. Gee , Hicham M. Sougrati , Damaris Davis
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent John D. Henkhaus
- Main IPC: B24B37/04
- IPC: B24B37/04 ; B24B37/20 ; G11B5/31

Abstract:
A lapping tool assembly includes a mount tool and an interposer structure interposed between actuators and the mount tool, where the interposer includes interposer pins reactively coupled with the actuators such that each interposer pin is configured to receive a translational force from a corresponding actuator and to transmit the force to a corresponding actuation pin of the mount tool. The interposer may include a zero z-axis shift flexure system, and/or a z-axis decoupling flexure system, and/or alignment features, for accurately transmitting the actuation forces to the mount tool, while inhibiting affecting other portions of the mount tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180185978A1 Actuator Tilt Interposer For Within-Row Lapping Mount Tool For Magnetic Recording Read-Write Heads Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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