Method and apparatus for improved static angle adjustment

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6366430
  • Patent Number
    6,366,430
  • Date Filed
    Tuesday, December 5, 2000
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 2, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing improved roll static angle adjustment for head gimbal assemblies (HGA's) used in disc drives. In the method, proximal and distal clamping members are attached to a load beam of the HGA and are separated by a distance of 4-30% of the length of the load beam. One of the distal and proximal clamping members is rotated about a longitudinal axis of the load beam such that the relative angular position of the distal and proximal clamping members reaches an adjust angle. Also disclosed is a rigid beam section of an HGA that includes apertures which are positioned along maximum stress contours where early plastic deformation of the rigid beam section is desired during adjustment of the roll static angle.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to disc storage systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for adjusting the roll static angle of a disc drive suspension.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




Disc drives of the “Winchester” type are well known in the industry. Such drives use rigid discs coated with a magnetizable medium for storage of digital information in a plurality of circular, concentric data tracks. The discs are mounted on a spindle motor which causes the discs to spin and the surfaces of the discs to pass under respective recording heads. Each head includes a hydrodynamic (e.g. air) bearing slider and a transducer for writing information to and reading information from the disc surface. An actuator mechanism moves the heads from track to track across the surfaces of the discs under control of electronic circuitry. The actuator mechanism includes a track accessing arm and a head gimbal assembly (HGA) for each head.




The HGA generally includes a load beam and a gimbal. The load beam includes a rigid beam section to which the gimbal is attached. The rigid beam section of the load beam transfers a pre-load force from a flexible beam portion to the head which forces the head toward the disc surface. The gimbal is positioned between the rigid beam section of the load beam and the slider to provide a resilient connection that allows the slider to pitch and roll while following the typography of the disc.




One important performance-related criteria of the HGA is known as its static attitude. The static attitude of the slider refers to the positional orientation of the slider with respect to the surface of the disc over which it is flying. The slider is generally designed to fly at a predetermined orientation (typically parallel) with the surface of the disc. Deviations from this parallel relationship which result in the front and back edges of the slider being at different heights from the disc are known as pitch errors. Deviations from this parallel relationship which result in the opposite sides of the slider being at different heights from the disc are known as roll errors. Any pitch or roll error in the desired flying attitude of the slider can degrade the performance of the disc drive. As a result, it is preferable to zero the pitch and roll angles of the head when mounted to the HGA.




The load beam, as with all mechanical structures, has a resonant frequency, which can cause instability in the HGA. The first bending mode of the HGA generally causes the load beam to vibrate or move in a vertical plane or a plane that is transverse to the plane of the load beam when the load beam is symmetric about a longitudinal axis of the load beam. However, when a twist is made in the rigid beam section of the load beam about the longitudinal axis, the load beam becomes asymmetric about the longitudinal axis. As a result, the load beam will also vibrate or oscillate in a horizontal plane at the resonant frequency. This horizontal movement produces off-track errors thereby limiting the performance of the disc drive.




When the head is mounted to the load beam, it is generally oriented with non-zero roll and pitch angles. The roll and pitch angles can be forced to zero degrees using a static attitude adjust machine (SAAM). Clamping members of the SAAM attach to the rigid beam section and twist the rigid beam section along its longitudinal axis to set the roll static angle of the head to zero degrees. Prior art methods have positioned the clamping members at the extreme ends of the rigid beam section to maximize the distance separating them. The desire was to minimize the amount of twist per unit length of the rigid beam section to avoid damaging the rigid beam section. Unfortunately, these prior art methods produce HGA's having undesirable off-track errors.




There remains a continuing need for improved methods for adjusting the roll static attitude of the load beam. In particular, there is need to improve the sensitivity of the load beam twisting by the SAAM while simultaneously reducing off-track errors resulting from the first bending mode of the HGA.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing improved roll static angle adjustment for head gimbal assemblies (HGA's) used in a disc drive. The method of the present invention improves roll static angle adjustment of a head located at a distal end of an HGA. In the method, a high stress region is formed in the rigid beam section proximate a distal end where a distal clamping member is coupled. A proximal clamping member is coupled to the rigid beam section a distance away from the distal clamping member. Finally at least one of the distal and proximal clamping members is rotated about the longitudinal axis such that a relative angular position of the distal and proximal clamping members reaches an adjust angle resulting in a change in the roll static angle of the head.




The apparatus of the present invention is directed to a load beam of an HGA for use in a disc drive. The load beam includes a mounting portion, a flexure arm, and a rigid beam section. The mounting portion is adapted to couple the load beam to a track accessing arm of the disc drive. The flexible beam portion is attached to the mounting portion and is adapted to supply a pre-load force to a head of the HGA through the flexure arm. The rigid beam section includes a proximal end that is attached to the mounting portion, a distal end attached to the flexure arm, and a high stress region. The high stress region includes a plurality of apertures which define high stress contours of the rigid beam section where plastic deformation is desired during roll static angle adjustment.




These and various other features as well as advantages which characterize the present invention will be apparent upon reading of the following detailed description and review of the associated drawings.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a disc drive in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 2

shows a perspective view of a head gimbal assembly in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.





FIG. 3

shows a cross-sectional view of view of a head gimbal assembly in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, taken at line


3





3


of FIG.


2


.





FIG. 4

shows a simplified top plan view of a head gimbal assembly with clamping members of a static attitude adjust machine positioned along a rigid beam portion in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.





FIG. 5

shows a magnified view of the portion of the head gimbal assembly of

FIG. 4

that is contained in circle


4


.





FIG. 6

is a flowchart representing a method of adjusting the low static angle of a head of a head gimbal assembly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a disc drive


110


in which benefits of the present invention can be realized. Disc drive


110


includes a housing with a base


112


and a top cover (not shown). Disc drive


110


further includes a disc pack


114


, which is mounted on a spindle motor (not shown) by a disc clamp


116


. Disc pack


114


includes a plurality of individual discs which are mounted for co-rotation about central axis


118


. Each disc surface has an associated head


120


which is mounted to disc drive


110


for communication with the disc surface. In the example shown, heads


120


are supported by head gimbal assemblies (HGA's)


122


which are in turn attached to track accessing arms


124


of actuator


126


. Actuator


126


is of the type known as a rotary moving coil actuator and includes a voice coil motor, shown generally at


128


. Voice coil motor


128


rotates actuator


126


with its attached heads


120


about a pivot shaft


130


to position heads


120


over a desired data track along a path


132


between a disc inner diameter


134


and a disc outer diameter


136


. Voice coil motor operates under control of internal circuitry


138


. Write circuitry within internal circuitry


138


encodes the data to be stored into successive code words and sends the code words in the form of a serial analog write signal to the write transducer on head


120


which encodes magnetic flux reversals within a magnetic layer on the disc surface.





FIG. 2

shows a perspective view of an example of HGA


122


and

FIG. 3

shows a cross-sectional view of head


120


, taken at line


3





3


of

FIG. 2

, mounted to HGA


122


and positioned above disc surface


140


. Also shown in

FIGS. 2 and 3

are x-axis


142


, y-axis


144


, and z-axis


146


. Typical HGA's


122


include load beam


148


and gimbal


150


. Load beam


148


generally includes mounting portion


152


, flexible beam portion


154


, rigid beam section


156


, longitudinal axis


158


aligned with x-axis


142


, and flexure arm


160


. Mounting portion


152


includes swage hole


162


which mounts to track accessing arm


124


(shown in

FIG. 1

) through a base plate (not shown). Flexible beam portion


154


applies a pre-load force to head


120


through rigid beam section


156


and flexure arm


160


to limit the flying height of head


120


. The pre-load force can be applied to head


120


at dimple


164


of flexure arm


160


.




Each head


120


includes a hydrodynamic (e.g. air) bearing slider


166


and a transducer (not shown) for writing information to, and reading information from, disc surface


140


. Gimbal


150


is positioned between rigid beam section


156


of load beam


148


and slider


166


to provide a resilient connection that allows slider


166


to pitch (rotate about the z-axis


146


) and roll (rotate about longitudinal axis


158


or the x-axis


142


) while following the typography of disc surface


140


. Slider


166


includes air-bearing surfaces


168


which face disc surface


140


. For example, a conventional catamaran slider includes an air-bearing surface


168


that includes a pair of raised side rails


170


and


172


which face disc surface


140


, as shown in FIG.


2


. Air-bearing surfaces


170


and


172


are aligned approximately parallel to the tangential velocity of the disc. As disc


140


rotates, air passes beneath air-bearing surfaces


168


and skin friction on air bearing surfaces


168


causes the air pressure between the surface of disc


140


and air-bearing surfaces


168


to increase which creates a hydrodynamic lifting force that causes slider


166


fly above the surface of disc


140


. The pre-load force and the hydrodynamic lifting force reach an equilibrium based upon the hydrodynamic properties of the slider and the speed of rotation of disc


140


.




It is desired that head


120


fly above disc


140


at a predetermined roll angle, which is typically zero. The roll angle relates to the angle that head


120


is rotated about x-axis


142


relative to disc surface


140


. In the example shown in

FIG. 3

, the roll angle is approximately zero. Unfortunately, when head


120


is mounted to load beam


148


, it is generally oriented at an undesired roll angle. The desired roll angle can be set using a static attitude adjust machine (SAAM). The SAAM includes clamping members which can twist rigid beam section


156


about longitudinal axis


158


(x-axis


142


) to set the roll static angle of head


120


to the desired setting (typically zero degrees).





FIG. 4

shows an example of a load beam


148


(without gimbal


150


) with clamping members


174


of a SAAM positioned along rigid beam section


156


. The details of clamping members


174


and the components the SAAM to which clamping members


174


attach, are not shown to simplify the illustration. Rigid beam section


156


includes proximal end


176


and distal end


178


. Clamping members


174


generally include distal clamping member


180


positioned adjacent distal end


178


of rigid beam section


156


and a proximal clamping member


182


positioned toward proximal end


176


of rigid beam section


156


. In general, one of the clamping members


180


or


182


is rotated, relative to the other clamping member, by an adjust angle thereby twisting the portion of rigid beam section


156


positioned therebetween to the adjust angle. This twisting of rigid beam section


156


produces stresses in rigid beam section


156


which, when in excess of a yield value, causes permanent deformation of rigid beam section


156


and results in an adjustment to the roll static angle of head


120


.




In the prior art, it was thought to be beneficial to spread out the twisting of rigid beam section


156


over its entire length to minimize damage to rigid beam section


156


. This was accomplished by positioning distal and proximal clamping members


180


and


182


as far apart as possible along rigid beam section


156


. This is shown in

FIG. 4

where proximal clamping member


184


, as found in the prior art, is positioned adjacent proximal end


176


of rigid beam section while distal clamping member


180


is positioned as close to distal end


178


as possible, as shown in FIG.


4


. The spacing from distal end


178


is due to the attachment of gimbal


150


(FIG.


3


). As a result, distal clamping member


180


is generally positioned near tooling hole


186


.




The distance separating clamping members


180


and


184


, as found in the prior art, is defined as distance


188


which is the distance between inside edge


190


of clamping member


184


and inside edge


192


of distal clamping member


180


. Distance


188


is generally greater than 31% of length


194


of load beam


148


, which is defined as the distance between center


196


of swage hole


162


and dimple


164


of flexure arm


160


. Length


194


of a load beam


148


of a typical HGA


122


, such as those mentioned above, is 0.6 inches and distance


188


is approximately 0.216 inches. The prior art positioning of clamping members


184


and


180


maximizes the adjust angle that rigid beam section


156


must be twisted to produce a desired adjustment of the roll static angle of head


120


.




Although contrary to the rationale for the method used by the prior art, one aspect of the present invention involves reducing the distance between proximal clamping member


182


and distal clamping member


180


to improve the relationship between a change in the roll static angle of head


120


to a change in the adjust angle. The magnitude of the stresses within rigid beam section


156


when it is twisted depends, in part, on the distance separating proximal and distal clamping members


182


and


180


, respectively. For a given adjust angle, as the distance separating proximal and distal clamping members


182


and


180


decreases, the magnitude of the stresses within rigid beam section


156


increases. As a result, the adjust angle required to cause permanent deformation to rigid beam section


156


decreases as the distance separating the clamping members


180


and


182


decreases. In one embodiment, prior art proximal clamping member


184


is replaced by proximal clamping member


198


which is separated from distal clamping member


180


by a distance


200


as measured between inside edge


202


of proximal clamping member


198


and inside edge


192


of distal clamping member


180


. Distance


200


is shorter than distance


188


of the prior art. As a result, the relationship between a change in the roll static angle of head


120


to a change in the adjust angle is improved. In other words, a load beam


148


twisted with clamping members


198


and


180


that are positioned in accordance with the present invention, is more sensitive to a change in the adjust angle than would otherwise be possible using roll static angle adjustment methods found in the prior art.




In one embodiment of the invention, distance


200


is preferably approximately 21% of length


194


of load beam


148


. For example, if length


194


is 0.6 inches, distance


200


is preferably approximately 0.126 inches. Distance


200


is generally limited by the maximum twist per unit length that rigid beam section


156


is capable of withstanding without causing undesired damage to rigid beam section


156


, such as the formation of kinks or other discontinuities. It has been determined experimentally that this limit is approximately 4% of length


194


of typical load beams


148


. In a more general embodiment of the invention, distance


200


is less than 30% of length


194


. Additional embodiments include lengths


200


which are, less than 25% of length


194


, less than 20% of length


194


, less than 15% of length


194


, and less than 10% of length


194


. Further embodiments of the invention include additional limitations of distance


200


where applicable to the above described lengths


200


. These embodiments include lengths


200


which are greater than 4% of length


194


, greater than 10% of length


194


, greater than 15% of length


194


, greater than 20% of length


194


, and greater than 25% of length


194


. Still further alternative embodiments of the invention include any possible combination of the above maximum and minimum limitations of distance


200


.




During static roll angle adjustment, maximum stress contours where permanent deformation of rigid beam section


156


occurs, predominantly takes place in a high stress region


204


of rigid beam section


156


, which is located approximately within circle


4


and near distal clamping member


180


, as shown in FIG.


4


. These maximum stress contours are found in high stress region


204


due to a reduced cross-sectional area of rigid beam section


156


. One cause of the reduced cross-sectional area of rigid beam section


156


is the general tapering of rigid beam section


156


from proximal end


176


toward distal end


178


. Another cause is tooling hole


186


.




In one embodiment of the invention, high stress region


204


is enhanced by forming apertures


206


, which are shown best

FIG. 5

, which is a magnified view of high stress region


204


shown in

FIG. 4

without distal clamping member


180


. Apertures


206


are positioned in high stress region


204


, preferably near tooling hole


186


, and cause the stresses in high stress region


204


to become higher than they would be without apertures


206


for a given adjust angle. As a result, apertures


206


cause the onset of plastic deformation of rigid beam section to occur earlier and at a smaller adjust angle than would be possible without apertures


206


. Furthermore, apertures


206


can be used to control the locations of rigid beam section


156


where plastic deformation is desired during roll static angle adjustment, thereby limiting the area of rigid beam section


156


that is damaged or permanently deformed.




Apertures


206


are preferably oval in shape, but can also be formed of various other shapes, such as circular, rectangular, and polygonal, as indicated at


206


′. Apertures


206


are generally positioned at an angle to coincide with maximum stress contours that develop during the twisting of rigid beam section


156


and extend away from distal clamping member


180


toward the distal and proximal ends


178


and


176


, respectively, of the rigid beam section


156


. In one embodiment, apertures


206


are symmetrically positioned about longitudinal axis


158


. In yet another embodiment, apertures


206


are symmetrically positioned about an axis


208


, which is perpendicular to longitudinal axis


156


.




The general method used by the present invention to adjust the roll static angle of HGA


122


is illustrated in the flow chart of FIG.


6


. At step


210


, a high stress region


204


is formed in rigid beam section


156


proximate distal end


178


. As mentioned above, the high stress region can be formed by the narrowing of rigid beam section


156


toward distal end


178


, by tooling hole


186


, or by the formation of apertures


206


. At step


212


, distal clamping member


180


is coupled proximate distal end


178


and high stress region


204


of rigid beam section


156


. At step


214


, proximal clamping member


198


is coupled to rigid beam section


156


a distance


200


away from distal clamping member


180


toward proximal end


176


of rigid beam section


156


. Finally, at step


216


, either distal clamping member


180


or proximal clamping member


198


is rotated about longitudinal axis


158


such that the relative angular position of the distal and proximal clamping members


180


and


198


reaches an adjust angle resulting in a change in the roll static angle of head


120


. The distance separating distal and proximal clamping members


180


and


198


, respectively, is less than 30% of length


194


of load beam


148


. This method results in an improvement of the relationship between the change in the roll static angle of head


120


to a change in the adjust angle.




At least three advantages have been realized by the improved method of the present invention. One advantage of the present invention is that load beam


148


becomes more sensitive to the twisting of rigid beam section


156


by clamping members


180


and


198


as compared to the prior art. For a given adjust angle that rigid beam section


156


is twisted, the method of the present invention results in a greater adjustment to the roll static angle of head


120


than the method used in the prior art. For example, experiments have shown that rotating the relative angular position of clamping members


180


and


184


that are separated a distance of 31% of length


194


of load beam


148


(prior art method) to an adjust angle of 1° results in an adjustment to the roll static angle of head


120


of 1.24°, whereas twisting rigid beam section


156


by the same amount using clamping members


180


and


198


that are positioned in accordance with the present invention, results in an adjustment to the roll static angle of head


120


of 1.38°. In other words, a load beam


148


will require 11% less twisting of rigid beam section


156


to produce the desired roll static angle adjustment at head


120


with the method of the present invention as compared to that of the prior art.




Another advantage of the present invention is that the asymmetry of load beam


148


is moved toward distal end


178


, which reduces the likelihood of off-track errors when used in a disc drive


110


(FIG.


1


). Load beam


148


, as with all mechanical structures, has various resonant modes. When a resonant mode of load beam


148


is excited, load beam


148


will oscillate at the resonant frequency. The resulting movement of load beam


148


can occur in a bending mode, a twisting mode or a combination of the two. When load beam


148


is symmetric about longitudinal axis


158


(FIG.


2


), the first bending mode of load beam


148


will cause load beam


148


to oscillate in a vertical plane or along the y-axis. However, when a twist is made in rigid beam section


156


about the longitudinal axis


158


to adjust the roll static angle, rigid beam section


156


becomes asymmetric about longitudinal axis


158


thereby introducing a twisting mode. The twisting mode of load beam


148


will cause head


120


to oscillate horizontally or along the z-axis


146


(FIG.


2


), which can result in off-track errors and limit the performance of disc drive


110


. The magnitude of the horizontal oscillations for a given load beam


148


depends, in part, on the location of the asymmetry of rigid beam section


156


caused by the roll static angle adjustment. In general, the closer the asymmetry of rigid beam section


156


is to proximal end


176


, the greater the magnitude of the horizontal oscillations that will be produced at the resonant frequency and, thus, the greater the likelihood that off-track errors will occur. By moving proximal clamping member


198


closer to distal end


178


of rigid beam section (FIG.


4


), the asymmetry of rigid beam section


156


is moved further from proximal end


176


and closer to distal end


178


, as compared to the prior art. As a result, the magnitude of the horizontal oscillations that are produced in load beam


148


of the present invention at the resonant frequency are reduce thereby reducing the likelihood of off-track errors and improving disc drive performance.




Yet another advantage of the present invention is that the adjustment of the roll static angle of head


120


is more accurate since rigid beam section


156


yields more quickly than would be possible using prior art methods. The method of the present invention produces higher stresses in rigid beam section


156


due to a shorter free length available for twisting. These higher stresses cause the yield stress of rigid beam section


156


to be reached faster thus leading to quicker plastic deformation of rigid beam section


156


. As a result, the sensitivity of a change in the roll static angle to a change in the adjust angle is improved.




In summary, one aspect of the present invention is directed toward a method for adjusting a roll static angle of a head


120


of an HGA


122


. The HGA


122


includes a load beam


148


having a length


194


, a longitudinal axis


158


, and a rigid beam section


156


. In one step of the method a high stress region


204


is formed in the rigid beam section


156


proximate a distal end


178


. Next, a distal clamping member


180


is coupled to the rigid beam section


156


proximate the distal end


178


and the high stress region


204


and a proximal clamping member


198


is coupled to the rigid beam section


156


a distance


200


away from the distal clamping member


180


toward a proximal end


176


. The distance


200


separating the distal and proximal clamping members is less than 30% of the length of the load beam. Finally, at least one of the distal and proximal clamping members


180


and


198


, respectively, is rotated about the longitudinal axis


158


such that a relative angular position of the distal and proximal clamping members


198


and


180


reaches an adjust angle resulting in a change in the roll static angle of the head


120


. This method results in an improved relationship (sensitivity) between the change in the roll static angle to a change in the adjust angle where.




Another aspect of the present invention is directed toward a load beam


148


of an HGA


122


for use in a disc drive


110


. The load beam


148


includes a mounting portion


152


, a flexible beam portion


154


, a rigid beam section


156


, and a flexure arm


160


. The mounting portion


152


is adapted to couple the load beam


148


to a track accessing arm


124


of the disc drive


110


. The flexible beam portion


154


is attached to the mounting portion


152


and is adapted to supply a pre-load which is applied to the head


120


through flexure arm


160


. The rigid beam section


156


has a proximal end


176


attached to the flexible beam portion


154


, a distal end


178


attached to flexure arm


160


, a longitudinal axis


158


, and a high stress region


204


having plurality of apertures


206


. The apertures


206


define high stress contours of the rigid beam section


156


where plastic deformation of the rigid beam section


156


is desired during roll static angle adjustment.




It is to be understood that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of various embodiments of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with the details of the structure and function of various embodiments of the invention, this disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in details, especially in matters of structure and arrangements of parts within the principles of the present invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the pending claims are expressed.



Claims
  • 1. A method of improving roll static angle adjustment of a head located at a distal end of a head gimbal assembly which includes a load beam having a length, a longitudinal axis, and a rigid beam section, the method comprising the steps of:(a) forming a high stress region in the rigid beam section proximate a distal end; (b) coupling a distal clamping member to the rigid beam section proximate the distal end and the high stress region of the rigid beam section; (c) coupling a proximal clamping member to the rigid beam section a distance away from the distal clamping member toward a proximal end of the rigid beam section; and (d) rotating at least one of the distal and proximal clamping members about the longitudinal axis such that a relative angular position of the distal and proximal clamping members reaches an adjust angle resulting in a change in the roll static angle of the head; wherein the distance separating the distal and proximal clamping members is less than 30% of the length of the load beam, whereby a sensitivity of the change in the roll static angle to a change in the adjust angle is improved.
  • 2. The method of claim 1, wherein:the rigid beam section includes a high stress region having apertures which define high stress contours of the rigid beam section where plastic deformation of the rigid beam section is desired during the rotating step (d); and the coupling step (b) includes positioning the distal clamping member proximate the high stress region of the rigid beam section.
  • 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the apertures extend away from the distal clamping member toward the distal and proximal ends of the rigid beam section.
  • 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the apertures have shapes selected from a group consisting of circular, oval, rectangular, and polygonal.
  • 5. The method of claim 2, wherein the apertures are symmetric about the longitudinal axis.
  • 6. The method of claim 2, wherein the apertures are symmetric about an axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
  • 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the distance separating the distal and proximal clamping members is greater than 4% of the length of the load beam.
  • 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the distance separating the distal and proximal clamping members is less than 25% of the length of the load beam.
  • 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the distance separating the distal and proximal clamping members is less than 20% of the length of the load beam.
  • 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the distance separating the distal and proximal clamping members is less than 15% of the length of the load beam.
  • 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the distance separating the distal and proximal clamping members is less than 10% of the length of the load beam.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/169,204, filed Dec. 6, 1999 by Shri Hari Narayan, Paul E. Kupinski and Sandeepan Bhattacharya for “IMPROVED RSA ADJUST METHODOLOGY AND RELATED SUSPENSION DESIGNS”; this application is also a continuation of International Application No. PCT/US00/42550, filed Dec. 5, 2000 filed on an even date herewith for “Method and Apparatus for Improved Roll Static Angle Adjustment,” which in turn claims priority of the aforementioned U.S. Provisional Application.

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Number Date Country
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Number Date Country
Parent PCT/US00/42550 Dec 2000 US
Child 09/730052 US