Suspension with additional bonding pads, head gimbal assembly and disk drive unit with the same
AssigneeSAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
InventorXianWen Feng
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Abstract
A suspension for a head gimbal assembly comprises a flexure having a plurality of electrical traces formed thereon, a plurality of first bonding pads formed on a first surface of the flexure and at least one second bonding pad formed on a second surface of the flexure opposite the first surface. The first bonding pads and the at least one second bonding pad are electrically connected with the electrical traces and adapted to electrically connect to a slider of the head gimbal assembly. The invention also discloses a head gimbal assembly and a disk drive unit with the same.
Claims17
A suspension for a head gimbal assembly, comprising:
- a flexure having a plurality of electrical traces formed thereon, a plurality of first bonding pads formed on a first surface of the flexure and at least one second bonding pad formed on a second surface of the flexure opposite to the first surface, wherein the first bonding pads and the at least one second bonding pad are electrically connected with the electrical traces and adapted to electrically connect to a slider of the head gimbal assembly.
A head gimbal assembly, comprising:
- a slider;
- a suspension with a flexure for supporting the slider,
- wherein the flexure comprises a plurality of electrical traces formed thereon, a plurality of first bonding pads formed on a first surface of the flexure and at least one second bonding pad formed on a second surface of the flexure opposite to the first surface, and wherein the first bonding pads and the at least one second bonding pad are electrically connected with the electrical traces and electrically connect to the slider of the head gimbal assembly.
A disk drive unit, comprising:
- a head gimbal assembly including a slider and a suspension that supports the slider;
- a drive arm connected to the head gimbal assembly;
- a disk;
- and
- a spindle motor operable to spin the disk;
- the suspension comprising:
- a flexure having a plurality of electrical traces formed thereon, a plurality of first bonding pads formed on a first surface of the flexure and at least one second bonding pad formed on a second surface of the flexure opposite to the first surface,
- wherein the first bonding pads and the at least one second bonding pad are electrically connected with the electrical traces and electrically connect to the slider of the head gimbal assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.