| US 7,468,866 B2 | ||
| Flexible printed circuit for head gimbal assembly | ||
| Huai Yang, GuangDong (China); and HaiMing Zhou, Hong Kong (China) | ||
| Assigned to SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Hong Kong (China) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/368,997. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0211386 A1, Sep. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 5/48 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—245.9 | 17 Claims |
| 1. A head gimbal assembly, comprising:
a slider;
a suspension to support the slider; and
a flexible printed circuit provided to the suspension, the flexible printed circuit including multiple traces to electrically
connect the slider to a conductive tab and a test tab,
wherein the flexible printed circuit includes a grounding trace to ground the flexible printed circuit at the test tab.
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