Head-gimbal assembly, microactuator, and manufacturing method of the microactuator
AssigneeHGST Netherlands B.V.
InventorsTatsumi Tsuchiya, Haruhide Takahashi, Akio Takatsuka, Hideto Imai, Toshiki Hirano
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Abstract
A head-gimbal assembly. The head-gimbal assembly includes a suspension, a microactuator disposed on the suspension, and a head-slider bonded to the microactuator. The head-gimbal assembly further includes a connection pad disposed on the suspension, a connection pad disposed on the microactuator and formed over an edge between a side surface and a top surface of the microactuator to have a bend portion with an obtuse angle, and a metallic interconnection joint for interconnecting the connection pad of the suspension with the connection pad of the microactuator.
Claims4
A head-gimbal assembly comprising:
- a suspension;
- a microactuator disposed on said suspension;
- a head-slider bonded to said microactuator;
- a connection pad disposed on said suspension;
- a connection pad disposed on said microactuator and formed over an edge between a non-vertical side surface with respect to a flat top surface of said microactuator to have a bend portion with an angle, said angle being an obtuse angle between said flat top surface and said non-vertical side surface;
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- a metallic interconnection joint for interconnecting said connection pad of said suspension with said connection pad of said microactuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.