Read-write head assembly for magnetic storage device

A read-write head assembly for a magnetic storage device, comprising:

• a suspension arm, comprising:
• a slider attachment side;
• and
• at least one first electrical contact pad on the slider attachment side;
• a slider co-movably fixed to the suspension arm, wherein the slider comprises:
• a suspension attachment side;
• a non-head side facing the suspension arm and intersecting the suspension attachment side at a first slider edge of the slider;
• a head side facing away from the suspension arm;
• and
• at least one electrical contact component on the suspension attachment side up to the first slider edge;
• at least one solder weldment directly coupled to the at least one first electrical contact pad and the at least one electrical contact component;
• and
• a read-write head coupled to the head side of the slider.

A method of making a magnetic storage device, the method comprising:

• coupling at least one first electrical contact pad to a slider attachment side of a suspension arm;
• coupling at least one electrical contact component to a suspension attachment side of a slider up to a first slider edge of the slider, the first slider edge being an intersection of the suspension attachment side and a non-head side of the slider facing the suspension arm;
• soldering the at least one first electrical contact pad of the suspension arm directly to the at least one electrical contact component of the slider;
• and
• co-movably fixing the suspension arm to a carriage arm that is rotatably movable relative to a magnetic disk.