Appeal No. 96-2181
Application No. 07/963,440
suspension load beams and disk drive housing are described,
but need not be discussed for disposition of this appeal.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A data storage disk drive comprising:
a plurality of disk surfaces mounted in parallel for
simultaneous rotation about an axis;
a plurality of data transducer heads for reading
and/or writing data to said disk surfaces; each data
transducer head attached to a slider and disposed adjacent a
respective one of said disk surfaces;
an actuator for moving said data transducer heads in
a radial direction across said disk surfaces; said actuator
including;
a series of supporting arms;
at least one suspension load beam attached to each
said supporting arm; said suspension load beam connecting said
supporting arm to said slider; said suspension load beam
including a load dimple bearing in direct engagement with said
slider and having opposed stiffening flanges extending toward
said respective disk surface in a plane adjacent said slider;
and
a flexible cable interconnect attached to said
suspension load beam and coupled to said data transducer head,
said load dimple extending through said flexible cable
interconnect, said flexible cable interconnect defining at
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