Appeal No. 1998-2515
Application 08/548,938
The disclosed invention pertains to a slider
suspension assembly for a data-recording disk file, and more
particularly, to an improved slider suspension assembly and to
a method for mechanically and electrically attaching the
slider to the suspension.
Representative claim 29 is reproduced as follows:
29. A head gimbal assembly comprising:
a load beam;
a flexure coupled to said load beam;
an integrated cable formed at least partially within said
load beam along the length thereof, said integrated cable
having a dielectric layer and a plurality of conductors
disposed upon said dielectric layer;
a slider mounted to said flexure having a plurality of
conductive pads disposed along a selected edge thereof;
a loop within said integrated cable of a radius
sufficient to cause said integrated cable to overlie said
selected edge of said slider; and
at least one aperture within said dielectric layer within
said loop of said integrated cable overlying said plurality of
conductive pads such that said plurality of conductors are in
electrical contact with said plurality of conductive pads.
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