US 11,915,721 B2
Mount plate with suspension circuit indentations
Kuen Chee Ee, Chino, CA (US); Long Zhang, Winchester, CA (US); and David Glaess, Bangkok (TH)
Assigned to Magnecomp Corporation, Murrieta, CA (US)
Filed by Magnecomp Corporation, Murrieta, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,402.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/312,708, filed on Feb. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0267962 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01); G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 21/025 (2013.01) [G11B 21/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hard disk drive (HDD) assembly, comprising:
a disk configured to rotate;
a stack arm; and
a suspension connected to the stack arm, wherein the suspension includes:
a mount plate connected to the stack arm, wherein the mount plate includes a bottom surface facing the disk and an ear portion extending from a side edge of the mount plate, wherein the bottom surface includes:
a planar region,
a first indented region vertically recessed relative to the planar region, and
a second indented region located at the ear portion and vertically recessed relative to the planar region;
a load beam hinge connected to the first indented region; and
a circuit extending along the first and second indented regions.