ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,502, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Magnecomp Corp. (Murrieta, Calif.).
"Flexible head gimbal assembly for hard disk drive device" was invented by Kuen Chee Ee (Chino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head gimbal assembly includes a gimbal, a circuit, a slider, a first PCT actuator, and a second PZT actuator. The gimbal includes a base portion and a tongue that are connected by a neck portion, wherein the base portion includes a first opening located adjacent the neck portion such that the base portion is connected to the neck portion by a pair of first connecting struts, and the tongue includes a second opening located ...