Flexible polymeric resinous magnetic head supporting device

Patent 5001583 Issued on March 19, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 19, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Matsuzaki, Mikio

Assignee

TDK Corporation

Application

No. 340532 filed on 04/19/1989

US Classes:

360/234.5, Electrical attachment of slider/head360/245, Gimbal mounting region detail360/245.9Flexible printed circuit type

Examiners

Primary: Severin, David J.
Assistant: Garcia, Alfonso

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt

Foreign Patent References

1526514 JP 01/12/1977
53-19015 JP 02/12/1978
53-30310 JP 03/12/1978
53-69623 JP 06/12/1978
57-169969 JP 10/12/1982
58-22827 JP. 05/12/1983
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International Classes

G11B 005/48
G11B 005/60

Abstract

A magnetic head supporting device which includes a supporter having a resilient spring portion and a rigid beam portion contiguous to the resilient spring portion a flexible member whose one end is attached to the supporter at a portion near its free end; a loading projection provided in the upper surface of the flexible member or in the lower surface of the supporter at a portion near its free end to thereby transmit a loading force from the free end of the supporter to the flexible member; and a magnetic head having a slider attached with reading/writing elements, the magnetic head being fixed to the lower surface of the flexible member, wherein the flexible member is composed of a plate of a polymeric resinous material having conductors for wiring, and the conductors are electrically connected to electrodes for the reading/writing elements of the magnetic head.