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Magnetic head cartridge having head connected to a gimbal and having leads extending through openings in the gimbal and openings in the head carriage

US5862016A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 1997
Grant dateJan 19, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/486
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic head carriage including a head carriage (13), a gimbal (11) which has a magnetic head (12) attached thereon and is fixed to one surface of the head carriage (13), a flexible substrate (14) fixed to the other surface of the head carriage (13), and leads (12d, 12e, 12f, 12f) from the magnetic head (12) and are conductively connected to electrodes (15, 16, 17, 18) formed on the flexible substrate (14), the head carriage (13) comprising opening holes (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) which are opened in the flexible substrate (14) in the vicinity of the electrodes (15, 16, 17, 18) so as to position the leads (12d, 12e, 12f, 12g) at the respective electrodes (15, 16, 17, 18).

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