ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,413, issued on May 5, was assigned to Magnecomp Corp. (Murrieta, Calif.).
"Profile shape control for gimbal assembly" was invented by Jeffry S. Bennin (Hutchinson, Minn.), Kuen Chee Ee (Chino, Calif.) and Long Zhang (Winchester, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension assembly having a load beam that includes a lower surface, proximal end terminating in a hinge, a distal end, and a sag bend between the proximal end and the distal end. A base plate includes a distal end connected to the hinge. A gimbal includes a base portion that includes middle struts where proximal ends of the middle struts are welded to the load beam at l...