Patent ID: 7159299

Claim:
A method for installing a comb on a disk drive head stack assembly, wherein said head stack assembly comprises a plurality of suspensions, wherein said comb comprises a comb body, a plurality of head separators that are interconnected with said comb body, and a latch, wherein said latch is mounted on said comb body and further is movable relative to said comb body, and wherein said method comprises the steps of: moving an entirety of said comb into a first position relative said head stack assembly, and thereby including said comb body, said plurality of head separators, and said latch; pivoting said comb body from said first position relative to and toward said plurality of suspensions of said head stack assembly, wherein said pivoting step comprises disposing said plurality of head separators into a head-separating position within said plurality of suspensions of said head stack assembly, and wherein said pivoting step further comprises moving said latch into an engaged position with a first portion of said head stack assembly; and retaining said comb on said head stack assembly when said plurality of head separators are in said head-separating position within said plurality of suspensions of said head stack assembly, wherein said retaining step comprises biasing said latch into engagement with said first portion of said head stack assembly, and wherein said retaining step comprises moving said latch relative to said comb body from a first position to a second position, and thereafter moving said latch relative to said comb body from said second position at least back toward said first position.