Flexure of suspension for disk drive and suspension for disk drive, the flexure having an area with reduced thickness where an electronic component is mounted
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorYukie Yamada
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Abstract
A flexure of a suspension for a disk drive includes a metal base and a wiring portion provided along the metal base and including a base insulation layer, a conductor layer overlaid on the base insulation layer, and a cover insulation layer overlaid on the conductor layer. The flexure includes a first area on which an electronic component is mounted and a second area aligned alongside the first area, and the first area includes a thin-walled portion which overlaps the electronic component and having a thickness less than a thickness of the second area.
Claims5
A flexure of a suspension for a disk drive, comprising a metal base and a wiring portion provided along the metal base and including a base insulation layer, a conductor layer overlaid on the base insulation layer, and a cover insulation layer overlaid on the conductor layer, the flexure comprising:
- a first area on which an electronic component is mounted and a second area aligned alongside the first area,
- wherein:
- the first area includes a thin-walled portion which overlaps the electronic component and has a thickness less than a thickness of the second area,
- the conductor layer is provided in each of the first and second areas,
- a thickness of the conductor layer in the thin-walled portion is less than a thickness of the conductor layer in the second area,
- the metal base is provided in each of the first and second areas, and
- a thickness of the metal base in the thin-walled portion is less than a thickness of the metal base in the second area.
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