Patent ID: 8144434

Claim:
An integrated pivot-carriage for a hard disk drive for improving a pivot bonding process comprising: a pivot-bearing assembly comprising an upper bearing, a lower bearing and a pivot-bearing spacer there between; a carriage comprising: a center-bore within which a pivot-shaft coupled with said pivot-bearing assembly is disposed; and a plurality of pivot-bonding adhesive dispensers, each of said pivot-bonding adhesive dispensers comprising: an adhesive inlet; an adhesive outlet; and an enclosing wall defining an interior flow passage between said adhesive inlet and said adhesive outlet, said interior flow passage configured for conveying bonding adhesive there through; and a plurality of adhesive receiving regions, each of said plurality of adhesive receiving regions coupling said adhesive outlet with a portion of a bearing of said upper and said lower bearing, said plurality of adhesive receiving regions configured for receiving said bonding adhesive dispensed thereto, thereby bonding said pivot-bearing assembly with said carriage.