Dual stage microactuator flexure feature for minimizing electrical shorts
US9218834B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/42
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Approaches to a flexure gimbal assembly for a hard-disk drive (HDD), having a feature for reducing the risk of electrical shorts, include a flexure having an electrically conductive layer and an insulating layer having a flexure tongue with which one or more microactuator piezo actuating device is coupled, where the flexure tongue comprises a gap positioned to inhibit contact between the conductive adhesive and the conductive layer of the flexure which may otherwise cause an electrical short.
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