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Head gimbal assembly in which flexure swing is suppressed and disk device including the same

US8873202B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · JP

Inventors

Hirofumi Nesori · Tokyo, JP
Yasutaka Sasaki · Tokyo, JP
Takafumi Kikuchi · Higashiyamato, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 2013
Grant date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B5/483
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A head gimbal assembly includes a base plate, a load beam, a first end of which is supported by the base plate, a magnetic head supported at a second end of the load beam, a flexure including a plurality of wirings electrically connected to the magnetic head, the flexure extending from a surface of the base plate to an edge of the base plate, an adhesive applied in a space formed between the surface of the base plate and a surface of the flexure facing the surface of the base plate to bond the flexure to the base plate and to the edge of the base plate.

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