US 12,475,918 B2
Hard disk drive gimbal design with high yaw mode
David Glaess, Bangkok (TH); and Kuen Chee Ee, Chino, CA (US)
Assigned to Magnecomp Corporation, Murrieta, CA (US)
Filed by Magnecomp Corporation, Murrieta, CA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/196,919.
Application 18/196,919 is a division of application No. 17/673,683, filed on Feb. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,688,421.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,484, filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0282229 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 5/48 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/4826 (2013.01) [G11B 5/483 (2015.09); G11B 5/4833 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trace gimbal comprising:
outer struts including a front outrigger at a distal end of the trace gimbal and a rear outrigger at a proximal end of the trace gimbal, the front outrigger including a distal front outrigger and a proximal front outrigger, the rear outrigger including a distal rear outrigger and a proximal rear outrigger;
a middle strut extending in a length direction of the trace gimbal and adjoining the proximal front outrigger to the rear outrigger; and
an inner strut connecting the middle strut to a slider tongue, the inner strut comprising a first portion connecting to the middle strut, a second portion connecting to the slider tongue, and a central portion comprising a semi-circle feature extending outwardly from the inner strut such that a width of the central portion exceeds a width of the first portion and the second portion.