Suspension board with circuit
AssigneeNitto Denko Corporation
InventorsYoshito Fujimura, Jun Ishii, Terukazu Ihara
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Abstract
A suspension board with circuit is for mounting thereon a slider/light source unit provided with a slider on which a magnetic head is mounted, and a light source device including a main body, and a light source provided to protrude from the main body. The suspension board with circuit includes a receiving portion formed therein to be capable of receiving the light source, and a guide surface for guiding the light source to the receiving portion when the slider/light source unit is mounted.
Claims3
A suspension board with circuit for mounting thereon a slider/light source unit provided with a slider on which a magnetic head is mounted, and a light source device including a main body, and a light source provided to protrude from the main body, the suspension board with circuit comprising:
- a receiving portion formed therein to be operative to receive the light source;
- a guide surface for guiding the light source to the receiving portion when the slider/light source unit is mounted;
- a metal supporting board extending in a longitudinal direction thereof;
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- an insulating base layer laminated on one side of the metal supporting board in a thickness direction thereof,
- wherein a support opening is formed on the metal supporting board,
- wherein, in the insulating base layer, a base opening is formed to partially overlap the support opening in the thickness direction and a protruding opening is formed to protrude from one longitudinal end portion of the base opening toward one side of the base opening in the longitudinal direction,
- wherein the receiving portion defines the protruding opening,
- wherein, when the slider/light source unit is mounted, the main body is contained in the base opening and the light source is inserted into the protruding opening, and
- wherein the guide surface is formed from an end surface of the protruding opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.