US 12,380,920 B2
Load beam limiter tabs for HAMR head slider protection
Long Zhang, Winchester, CA (US); Kuen Chee Ee, Chino, CA (US); and David Glaess, Bangkok (TH)
Assigned to Magnecomp Corporation, Murrieta, CA (US)
Filed by Magnecomp Corporation, Murrieta, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,612.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/329,827, filed on Apr. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0326483 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/4833 (2013.01) [G11B 5/4826 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load beam comprising;
a base portion with an opening formed therein, and a pair of side rails extending from the base portion, wherein each of the side rails terminates in a distal edge; and
the opening configured to receive a head slider extending through the opening;
wherein each of the distal edges include a tab disposed on each of the distal edges, wherein for each of the distal edges, the distal edge includes a notch, and wherein the tab extends from the notch, each tab comprising a first portion extending upward from the load beam in a first direction and a second portion extending laterally outward from the first portion.