ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,282, issued on May 13, was assigned to Magnecomp Corp. (Murrieta, Calif.).
"Micro-dual stage actuated gimbal design" was invented by Kuen Chee Ee (Chino, Calif.), Long Zhang (Winchester, Calif.) and David Glaess (Bangkok).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexure assembly is described. The flexure assembly includes a gimbal portion on configured to receive a slider. The gimbal portion includes a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface. The slider is mounted on the second surface. The flexure assembly also includes a pair of microactuator elements. The flexure assembly also includes a tongue of the gimb...