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Flex cable assembly damper

US8270120B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15References

22Claims

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Assignee

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. · NL

Inventors

Jeffrey Kerner · San Jose, US
Kirk B. Price · San Jose, US
Robert C. Reinhart · San Jose, US
Edgar D. Rothenberg · San Jose, US
Jr-Yi Shen · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2007
Grant date	Sep 18, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B5/4846
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flex cable assembly for a head stack assembly of a hard disk drive comprises a flex cable for conducting data signals from the head stack assembly to a connector. The flex cable comprises a dynamic loop section between a termination for the head stack assembly and the connector. A constrained layer damper is attached adjacently to an area of the flex cable that is configured to receive the coupler. The constrained layer damper extends into the dynamic loop section of the flex cable.

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