Patent ID: 8493690

Claim:
A load-unload ramp structure with a cantilevered fin portion to reduce drop shock in a hard-disk drive, said load-unload ramp structure comprising: a first load-unload ramp configured to lift a first head-slider away from a first recording surface of a magnetic-recording disk; a fin coupled to said first load-unload ramp and disposed below a first parking position of said first head-slider on said first load-unload ramp, said fin comprising: a fin base portion; and a first cantilevered fin portion coupled to, and extending outward from, said fin base portion; a bracket portion integrally attached to said first load-unload ramp, and configured to allow affixing said load-unload ramp structure in a static position in a disk-enclosure base of said hard-disk drive; a second load-unload ramp configured to lift a second head-slider away from a second recording surface of said magnetic-recording disk; said fin coupled to said second load-unload ramp and disposed above a second parking position of said second head-slider on said second load-unload ramp, said fin further comprising: a second cantilevered fin portion coupled to, and extending outward from, said fin base portion; and wherein said bracket portion is integrally attached to said second load-unload ramp; and wherein said second cantilevered fin portion is separated from said first cantilevered fin portion by a slit.