Patent ID: 7197812

Claim:
A method for loading a head to a disk of a hard disk drive comprising: (a) Providing a single head assembly mounted on a baseplate of a hard disk drive, said single head assembly comprising an actuator arm, a suspension, and a head, and wherein a motor is mounted on said baseplate close to said head assembly; (b) Providing a mounting tool comprising a cantilever arm and a pressing head formed from a distal end of said cantilever arm to exert a force on said suspension and wherein the cantilever arm extends a supporting rod at another distal end thereof, said supporting rod is vertically movable and rotatable and wherein said baseplate defines a slot, corresponding to said mounting tool; (c) raising the mounting tool, and getting the tool through the slot; (d) rotating the mounting tool in a first direction, the pressing head of the mounting tool located above the suspension; (e) hauling the mounting tool down, so that the suspension is depressed to release a space for mounting the disk; (f) mounting the disk on the motor; (g) releasing the suspension by raising the mounting tool so that the suspension springs back to the disk and loads the head to the disk on the parking zone; (h) rotating the mounting tool in a second direction, opposing the first direction; and (i) hauling the mounting tool down and out through the slot.