ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,918, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Magnecomp Corp. (Murrieta, Calif.).

"Hard disk drive gimbal design with high yaw mode" was invented by David Glaess (Bangkok) and Kuen Chee Ee (Chino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trace gimbal is described herein. In some embodiments, the trace gimbal includes 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 includes a distal front outrigger and a proximal front outrigger, and the rear outrigger includes a distal rear outrigger and a proximal rear outrigger. The trace gimbal fu...