| US 7,593,190 B1 | ||
| Flexure design and assembly process for attachment of slider using solder and laser reflow | ||
| Brian S. Thornton, Santa Clara, Calif. (US); and Edmund Bruno Fanslau, Jr., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/945,454. | ||
| Application 11/945454 is a division of application No. 10/026152, filed on Dec. 21, 2001, granted, now 7,307,816. | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 5/60 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—234.6 | 7 Claims |
| 1. A head gimbal assembly, comprising:
a slider having an air-bearing surface and a metallized backside opposite the air bearing surface;
a flexure comprising a flexure tongue layer at least partially formed of stainless steel, the flexure further comprising at
least one additional layer over the flexure tongue layer;
a plurality of solder receptacles extending through the at least one additional layer to the flexure tongue layer; and
solder filling at least one of the solder receptacles and contacting the stainless steel of the flexure tongue layer;
wherein the solder receptacles extend through the flexure tongue layer.
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