Magnecomp Assigned Patent

Magnecomp Corporation, Murrieta, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,056,138) developed by Hahn, Peter, Glaess, David, Bangkok, Thailand, and Ee, Kuen Chee, Chino, CA, for a “disk drive suspension tri-stage actuator with single side actuator attach.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A tri-stage actuated disk drive suspension is described. The tri-stage actuated disk drive suspension including a beam and a gimbal attached to the beam. The gimbal is configured to receive a first actuator to mount on a first surface of the suspension near a first lateral side of the suspension and is configured to receive a second actuator to mount on the first surface of the gimbal near a second lateral side of the suspension. The gimbal is configured to receive a head slider to mount on the first surface of the suspension. And, the tri-stage actuated disk drive suspension including a baseplate having the beam attached thereto. The baseplate configured to receive a third actuator from the first surface of the suspension to mount on a pair of shelves.”

The patent application was filed on March 13, 2019 (16/352,624).