Appeal No. 2003-0785
Application 09/457,816
The disclosed invention pertains to a disc drive and
especially to a flexible circuit having a dielectric liquid
crystal substrate for carrying the conductive elements attached
to the transducer head of the disc drive.
Representative claims 1 and 2 are reproduced as follows:
1. A disc drive comprising:
a selection means for positioning a transducer at a
select point in space; and
a conducting means for providing electrical connection
between the transducer and an external circuit.
2. A disc drive comprising:
at least one data storage disc;
a suspension assembly that includes a transducer head
supported on an adjustable arm; and
a flexible circuit comprising an electrically
conductive element and a dielectric liquid crystal substrate
laminated to the conductive element, the flexible circuit being
electrically connected to the transducer head and the transducer
head being configured to be carried proximate a surface of a
spinning data storage disc.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Lambert 5,795,162 Aug. 18, 1998
Boutaghou 5,796,556 Aug. 18, 1998
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by the disclosure of Boutaghou. Claims 2-12 and 15
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