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7375913 Suspension having magnetic head assembly mounted thereon and magnetic recording disk drive using the suspension  
A suspension having a magnetic head assembly 1 mounted thereon is provided, wherein the magnetic head assembly comprises: a write head 1 - 2 ; a read head 1 - 1 ; and a resistive heating...
7359158 Suspension of disc drive  
A suspension for disc drive has a base portion including a base plate, a load beam, a pair of hinge members, a wired flexure, etc. The wired flexure has a metal base and a wiring portion on the...
7349184 System and apparatus for continuous reference plane for wireless suspension  
A reference plane is added to the freestanding conductors of a wireless suspension to maintain a continuous reference plane therein. Post processing steps to the flexure are used after the...
7342749 Method of removing lead-free solder from slider pad and magnetic disk drive  
A method for removing a lead-free solder from a slider pad is provided to permit re-utilization of a head/slider used in a magnetic disk drive. In one embodiment, a slider pad formed on a...
7336445 Conductive stud for magnetic recording devices and method of making the same  
A magnetic recording device makes use of an “anchored” conductive stud which is securely attached within its surrounding insulator materials. The conductive stud is formed over a conductive...
7330338 Method for adjusting pitch and roll in a head suspension  
Apparatus and method for adjusting at least one of a pitch and roll parameter of a gimbal for a head suspension assembly having a pair of members contacting at least one gimbal arm at spaced apart...
7319573 Magnetic disk drive having a suspension mounted transmission line including read and write conductors and a lower conductor  
Embodiments of the invention provide a magnetic disk drive which has improved electrical properties owing to a reduction in the loss of transmission line, improved vibration properties owing to a...
7313855 Method of forming a head suspension with an integral boss tower  
A method of making a multi-piece head suspension for a rigid disk drive. The method includes providing a first layer including a mounting region with an integral boss tower attached to a stiffener...
7299536 Method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly  
A system and method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly (HAA), reducing complexity of design and difficulty of manufacture, is disclosed.
7293347 Manufacturing method of head arm assembly  
A manufacturing method of an HAA includes a step of fixing a first lead conductor member onto a suspension, a step of attaching a second lead conductor member to at least one actuator arm, a step...
7239484 Mounting method of magnetic head component, magnetic head device and manufacturing method of magnetic head device utilizing solder balls with nonmelting cores  
A magnetic head slider or a precise positioning actuator is electrically and mechanically connected to a suspension, by performing molten-solder connections using solder balls with cores that will...
7218481 Apparatus for insulating and electrically connecting piezoelectric motor in dual stage actuator suspension  
Apparatus and method for selectively applying a voltage to one major surface of a pair of piezoelectric motors (PZTs) on a disk drive head suspension with a primary plane of a load beam of the head...
7203033 Head gimbal assembly with an integrated mechanical and electrical attachment and a stiff plate  
A low cost, flex head gimbal assembly has a substrate with an attachment region, a flexure region and an integrated gimbal. The flex head gimbal assembly is electrically and mechanically connected...
RE39478 Magnetic head suspension assembly fabricated with integral load beam and flexure  
A magnetic head suspension assembly is fabricated with an integral piece which includes a load beam section, a flexure section, a rest mount section and a leaf spring section between the load beam...
7114238 Fabrication method for a multi-layer suspension  
A multi-layer suspension comprised of a rectangular base plate section, a load beam and a flexure, said load beam can be further divided into a bending area adjacent to the base plate and a rigid...
7095594 Active read/write head circuit with interface circuit  
A method and apparatus for collocating an interface circuit with a disk drive read/write head is described. In one embodiment the interface circuit is attached to the load arm on one side and the...
7088543 Suspension having magnetic head assembly mounted thereon and magnetic recording disk drive using the suspension  
A suspension having a magnetic head assembly 1 mounted thereon is provided, wherein the magnetic head assembly comprises: a write head 1 - 2; a read head 1 - 1; and a resistive heating...
7070421 Rotating disk storage device having connection structure between FPC and printed board  
Embodiments of the invention provide a rotating disk storage device including a connection structure between an FPC and a printed board and providing allowance for dimensional tolerances. In one...
7051423 Testing method for a head IC  
This invention relates to a testing method for a head IC which makes it possible to simplify checking of the head. The head IC is installed on a head suspension, and probes are placed on terminals...
7032294 Method of making switchable shunts for integrated lead suspensions  
A switchable shunt has an insulating layer separating conductive lead and spring metal layers. The shunt includes a base region formed on the spring metal layer, one or more arms formed in the...
7016156 Disk drive having magnetic head conduction paths with arrangements to control impedance  
Magnetic disk apparatus includes an electric wiring capable of satisfying an electric condition under which high frequency recording higher than or equal to 200 MHz, a magnetic head having at least...
7002780 Suspension design for elevated slider attachment  
An actuation assembly includes a movable actuator arm, a suspension assembly, a slider, and means for attaching the slider to the gimbal. The actuator arm supports the suspension assembly, which...
6993824 Method of controlling pitch static attitude of sliders on integrated lead suspensions by improved plastic deformation processing  
A method is provided for controlling the pitch static attitude of a slider in an integrated lead suspension head gimbal assembly. The integrated lead suspension includes a load beam, a mount plate,...
6965499 Head suspension configured for improved thermal performance during solder ball bonding to head slider  
A head suspension or head suspension component article configured for solder ball bonding of a head slider to electrical traces on article. The article including electrical traces formed from...
6963471 Wiring member of a disc drive suspension having an insulating layer with thick-walled and thin-walled portions  
A wired flexure comprises a metallic substrate, a polyimide layer formed on the metallic substrate, and read conductors and write conductors formed on the polyimide layer. The polyimide layer has a...
6956722 Lead conductor member for thin-film magnetic head and head gimbal assembly, using temporarily connected test connection pads  
A lead conductor member for a thin-film magnetic head, includes a plurality of head connection pads to be connected to a plurality of terminal electrodes of a thin-film magnetic head element, a...
6944936 Method for manufacturing an integrated lead suspension  
A method for manufacturing an integrated lead suspension or component having an integrated circuit (IC) with an array of terminals. The suspension or component is formed from a laminated sheet of...
6943302 Flexible printed circuit board  
A flexible printed circuit board of the present invention directly relays connecting portions of a magnetic head placed on a suspension to connecting portions of a base end of a carriage arm in a...
6940694 Magnetic head assembly having thin-film dummy patterns provided on surface of gimbal spring  
A magnetic head assembly equipped with a slider having a magnetic head and a gimbal spring on which the slider is mounted with an adhesive. The gimbal spring is supported by beam portions of a load...
6927946 Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations  
A technique for electrically interconnecting a disk drive suspension assembly and a micro-actuator mounting a transducer-carrying slider. A first set of termination pads is provided on a generally...
6902099 Method for manufacturing a circuit board capable of protecting an MR magnetic head therein against electrostatic breakdown and a method for manufacturing a magnetic head using the same  
The invention provides a magnetic head capable of positively preventing electrostatic breakdown of an MR magnetic head device, and a method of manufacturing the magnetic head. A circuit board...
6892442 Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head  
The invention allows a thin-film magnetic head that meets specifications required by the customer to be provided in a short period of time and manufacturing costs to be reduced. A slider includes a...
6865058 Load beam attachment to actuator arm  
An actuator assembly includes a rotatable actuator arm mounted on the base of a disc drive. The actuator arm includes a metallic member seated on a non-metallic body. A proximal end of a load beam...
6851177 Manufacturing method of head arm assembly  
A manufacturing method of an HAA includes a step of fixing a first lead conductor member onto a suspension, a step of attaching a second lead conductor member to at least one actuator arm, a step...
6847505 Electrostatic discharge protection for disk drive integrated lead suspension  
The present invention couples shunting pads to the conductor leads of a suspension assembly for supporting a slider in a magnetic storage system, which can be use to temporarily shunt the leads to...
6833978 Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations  
A technique for electrically interconnecting a disk drive suspension assembly and a micro-actuator mounting a transducer-carrying slider. A first set of termination pads is provided on a generally...
6801401 Magnetic head device and lead wire  
A magnetic head device which can accommodate higher data transfer rates can be implemented by using lead wires. A magnetic head device 1 according to the present invention includes a head slider ...
6751843 Method for improved static attitude of head suspension assemblies with electrical interconnects  
The present invention provides a method for improving the static attitude of a head suspension assembly by improving the manufacture of electrical interconnects by providing a laterally directed...
6751066 Disc drive data storage system and load beam having improved captures for routing head wire and tube assembly  
A load beam and a disc drive data storage system using the same are disclosed. The load beam includes a resilient section adapted for attachment to a support arm, and a substantially rigid section...
6741426 Adhesive control features for wireless head suspension assemblies  
The present invention provides a head suspension assembly, which cantilevers a read/write magnetic transducer head adjacent the rotating surface of a disk in a disk drive, and the method of...
6731476 Circuit board capable of protecting an MR magnetic head therein against electrostatic breakdown and magnetic head using the same  
The invention provides a magnetic head capable of positively preventing electrostatic breakdown of an MR magnetic head device, and a method of manufacturing the magnetic head. A circuit board...
6731467 Trace interconnect array having increased bandwidth by selective etching of traces and dielectric substrate  
A tall-electrode trace interconnect array includes a dielectric support substrate for supporting least two tall-electrode trace conductors. A dielectric support structure on the support substrate...
6714385 Apparatus and method for controlling common mode impedance in disk drive head suspensions  
Apparatus and method of adjusting the common mode impedance while enabling maintenance of the differential mode impedance of a pair of traces located with respect to a ground plane formed by a load...
6680813 Disc drive having a printed circuit board port connector  
The present invention is directed to a disk drive that includes a head disk assembly on a base plate, a cover sealably attached to the base plate to enclose the head disk assembly, and a printed...
6643099 Transducer formed on a sacrificial metal substrate  
A transducer assembly in which an electric current is passed through plating solution in recesses of a metal substrate to plate electrical contact bumps having bump fronts in the recesses and...
6631052 Head interconnect with support material carbonized shunt  
The present invention provides a method for the creation and removal of shunts for the prevention of ESD/EOS damage to electrical components. In one embodiment of the present invention, the...
6621661 Write/read head supporting mechanism including a microactuator and a slider connected to a ground region of a suspension  
A write/read head supporting mechanism including a slider having an electromagnetic transducer element or an optical module, a suspension for supporting the slider and including a ground region,...
6587310 Magnetic head suspension with single layer preshaped trace interconnect  
A trace interconnect assembly designed for transmitting electrical signals to and from a head assembly in a hard disk drive is disclosed. The interconnect assembly includes one or more single-layer...
6574078 Method and apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection of a magnetic head using a mechanical switch and an electrostatic discharge device network  
A magnetic head using a mechanical switch and an electrostatic discharge device network is disclosed. A mechanical switch is in series and parallel configuration with a silicon electrostatic...
6553647 Method of wiring a head suspension assembly  
A method of wiring a head suspension assembly includes fixing a tube binding a plurality of wires on a suspension assembly, and fixing the wires extending from the fixed tube on the suspension...
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