| US 7,542,242 B2 | ||
| FPC with via holes with filler being welded to suspension and drive apparatus | ||
| Masashi Shiraishi, Kwai Chung (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The); Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Kwai Chung (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The); and Ichiro Yagi, Kwai Chung (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The) | ||
| Assigned to SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Hong Kong (China) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 07, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/959,429. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003/352245 (JP), filed on Oct. 10, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0078416 A1, Apr. 14, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 5/48 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—245.9 | 39 Claims |
| 1. A suspension comprising:
a flexure constituted by a metal plate member, for supporting a head slider provided with at least one head element;
a load beam provided with a top end section and constituted by a metal plate member, for supporting said flexure at the top
end section; and
an individual flexible printed circuit board member attached to said flexure and said load beam and provided with trace conductors
to be electrically connected to said at least one head element of said head slider,
said flexible printed circuit board member including a plurality of via holes provided with metal fillers filled therein,
said metal fillers in the respective via holes being welded to said flexure and/or said load beam, said flexible printed circuit
board member being fixed to said flexure and/or said load beam at least by means of the welding.
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