Head gimbal assembly and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsMichiharu Motonishi, Mitsuru Watanabe
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Abstract
A head gimbal assembly has a gimbal suspension that includes a metal flexure bonded to a slider having a magnetic head element. This head gimbal assembly prevents damage from electrostatic discharge more efficiently. In the head gimbal assembly, a region of an oxide film on a slider-bonding surface of the flexure is completely or incompletely removed to form a film-removed region, and conductive adhesive resin is disposed between the film-removed region and the slider.
Claims20
A head gimbal assembly comprising a gimbal suspension that includes a metal flexure bonded to a slider having a magnetic head element, wherein
- a region of an oxide film on a slider-bonding surface of the flexure is at least partially removed to form a film-removed region, and
- conductive adhesive resin is disposed between the film-removed region and the slider.
A head gimbal assembly comprising:
- a slider comprising a magnetic head element;
- a metal flexure comprising an oxide film, the metal flexure having a slider-bonding surface;
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- a conductive adhesive resin,
- wherein the slider-bonding surface comprises a film-removed region and the conductive adhesive resin is disposed between the film-removed region and the slider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.