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 date | Jul 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 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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