Patent ID: 8520341
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An actuator arm assembly comprising: a pair of suspension base plates, each with a flange coupled with a single hole of An inner actuator arm; and said inner actuator arm having a top surface, a length, and said single hole wherein said single hole is flush with and runs perpendicular to said length of said inner actuator arm, wherein said single hole is configured to receive said flanges of said pair of suspension base plates, wherein said inner actuator arm has a removed portion of material adjacent to said single hole of said inner actuator arm, said removed portion having a thickness less than a thickness of said inner actuator arm, wherein said removed portion of said inner actuator arm is configured to receive a portion of at least one of said flanges of said pair of suspension base plates upon swaging said pair of suspension base plates to said inner actuator arm, said removed portion of said inner actuator arm being symmetrical along an axis running said length of said actuator arm, said removed portion of said inner actuator arm located wholly beneath said top surface Of said inner actuator arm.