Appeal No. 1998-0596
Application 08/259,370
a thin film suspension formed by a process of thin film deposition of a
predetermined length, a length portion at a first end of said thin film suspension being
deposited on said integrated thin film slider and transducer, said thin film suspension
including thin film conductor layers extending from a second end of said thin film
suspension to said first end and electrically connected to the thin film lead layers of said
integrated thin film slider and transducer by thin film deposition; and
each of the integrated thin film slider and transducer and the thin film
suspension consisting of a plurality of thin film layers, all of the thin film layers of the
integrated thin film slider and transducer extending substantially perpendicular to the thin
film layers of the thin film suspension.
20. A transducer/suspension assembly comprising:
a thin film slider and transducer formed entirely by the thin film deposition
and having a plurality of thin film layers including a thin film support layer, a thin film gap
layer and thin film lead layers, a thickness of the thin film gap layer forming a gap length;
each of said plurality of thin film layers of the thin film slider and transducer
having first and second thin film surfaces bounded by top and bottom edges and a pair of
side edges, the bottom edges of the thin film layers forming an air bearing surface;
an elongated thin film suspension formed by thin film deposition of a plurality
of thin film layers, each thin film layer having top and bottom thin film surfaces which are
bounded by front and rear edges and a pair of side edges; and
a front portion of a bottom thin film surface of at least one thin film layer of the
thin film suspension formed directly on the top edges of thin film layers of the thin film slider
and transducer by said thin film deposition to form said elongated thin film suspension with
thin film surfaces of said thin film layers of the suspension extending substantially
perpendicular to the thin film surfaces of the thin film slider and transducer and being
bonded to top edges of the thin film layers of the thin film slider and transducer by thin film
deposition.
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