Suspension assembly and disk device having wiring member
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
InventorsYusuke Nojima, Kenichiro Aoki
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a suspension assembly includes a wiring member. The tail connector of the wiring member includes a base layer, a cover layer, and a conductive layer interposed between the base layer and the cover layer. The cover layer includes a groove. The conductive layer includes a first wire, a second wire, and a connection terminal extending between the first wire and the second wire across the groove. The base layer includes a first base covering the first wire, a second base covering the second wire first protrusion pair protruding from the first base to partially cover the connection terminal, and second protrusion pair protruding from the second base to partially cover the connection terminal.
Claims14
A suspension assembly comprising:
- a support plate;
- a wiring member including a mount disposed on the support plate, and a tail connector spaced from the support plate;
- and
- a magnetic head mounted on the mount, wherein
- the tail connector includes
- a base layer having insulating properties,
- a cover layer having insulating properties,
- a conductive layer interposed between the base layer and the cover layer, and
- a backing layer attached to the base layer,
- the cover layer includes a first cover and a second cover spaced from the first cover, and a groove extending between the first cover and the second cover,
- the conductive layer includes
- a plurality of first wires disposed on the first cover and electrically connected to the magnetic head,
- a plurality of second wires disposed on the second cover, and
- a plurality of connection terminals each extending between one of the first wires and one of the second wires across the groove, the base layer includes
- a first base that covers the plurality of first wires,
- a second base that covers the plurality of second wires,
- a plurality of pairs of first protrusions each spaced from the second base and protruding from the first base, and
- a plurality of pairs of second protrusions each spaced from the first base and the plurality of pairs of first protrusions and protruding from the second base, and
- each of the plurality of connection terminals is partially covered by one pair of the plurality of pairs of first protrusions and one pair of the plurality of pairs of second protrusions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.