Patent ID: 6704995
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B23D,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for swaging a suspension assembly to an actuator arm of an actuator block in a disc drive comprising steps of:inserting a deformable tubular stake into an aperture of the actuator arm to position a channel of the deformable tubular stake within the aperture of the actuator arm; providing an expandable swaging member operable between a swaging dimension and an insertion dimension; inserting the expandable swaging member in the insertion dimension into the channel of the deformable tubular stake; providing an actuating rod sized for insertion into a channel of the expandable swaging member to expand the swaging member from the insertion dimension to the swaging dimension; inserting the actuating rod into the channel of the expandable swaging member to expand the swaging member to deform the tubular stake to swage the tubular stake relative to the actuator arm and; withdrawing the actuator rod from the channel of the expandable swaging member to release the expandable swaging member to the insertion dimension and removing the expandable swaging member from the channel of the deformable tubular stake.