Systems for interconnecting magnetic heads of storage devices in a test assembly

A cavity gimbal assembly for receiving a read head and providing a plurality of electrical connections thereto, the assembly comprising:

• a load beam;
• a laminated flexure attached to the load beam and comprising a plurality of conductive traces positioned on a top surface of the laminated flexure;
• a cavity probe assembly comprising:
• a rectangularly shaped opening for receiving the read head, the opening defined by a read head clamp attached to the laminated flexure, the read head clamp comprising:
• a first cantilevered clamping arm having a first arm supported end and a first arm distal end, the first cantilevered clamping arm being sized so that the first arm distal end is positioned to contact a leading face of the read head;
• and
• a first wall positioned to face a trailing face of the read head;
• a plurality of conductive probes attached to the first wall, each conductive probe comprising:
• a body section comprising two substantially flat side surfaces and a bottom surface comprising a pad configured to be soldered to a pad coupled to one of the conductive traces of the laminated flexure;
• a spring section comprising an elongated arm extending away from the body section, the elongated arm shaped to make conductive contact with a pad positioned on the trailing face of the read head;
• and
• a non-conductive adhesive layer attached to at least one of the two side surfaces,
• wherein each of the plurality of the conductive probes is attached to an adjacent one of the conductive probes by one of the adhesive layers.