Flex cable, head suspension assembly, and hard disk drive
US6480362B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B21/16
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A flexible cable assembly (FCA) has a flexible cable, first and second brackets attached to the flexible cable, and a band for holding the first and second brackets while the flexible cable is folded back and the first and second brackets overlap. The band is detachably mounted to the first and second brackets to facilitate efficient manufacturing and disassembly methods. The FCA may be implemented at various manufacturing stages including the head suspension assembly (HSA) or the entire hard disk drive (HDD) assembly.
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