International Business Machines Corporation

Hiroshi Terashima

Akihiko Aoyagi

Masatoshi Take

Kyoji Igarashi

Tatsuya Endo

A head suspension assembly 10 wherein a tube 5, through which pass a plurality of covered wires 4, is clamped with a securing unit 6, a space between the covered wires 4 and the tube 5 is filled with a filler 7. The part of the tube 5 that is filled with filler 7 is clamped with securing unit 6. The securing unit 6 preferably is a claw section on the head suspension assembly. It is preferable that the tube 5is able to transmit light and the filler 7 can be cured by light.

Head suspension assembly

A method for fixedly attaching covered wires to a load beam during the manufacturing of a head suspension assembly in order to provide an electrical connection to a head slider. The method includes the steps of passing the covered wires through a transparent tube, inserting a filler into the tube at a point where clamping is required, curing the filler, visually identifying the filer location, and clamping the tube at the filer location.

Method for fixedly attaching covered wires to a head suspension load beam

A head suspension assembly 10 wherein a tube 5, through which pass a plurality of covered wires 4, is clamped with a securing unit 6. A space between the covered wires 4 and the tube 5 is filled with a filler 7. The part of the tube 5 that is filled with filler 7 is clamped with securing unit 6. The securing unit 6 preferably is a claw section on the head suspension assembly. It is preferable that the tube 5 is able to transmit light and the filler 7 can be cured by light.

Head suspension assembly and its manufacturing method

A head suspension load beam for a disk file has a slender base portion shaped like a plate, one end of which is secured to a head actuator arm, and the other end of which supports a head. The base portion is reinforced by bending a side margin portion in the longitudinal direction of the base portion at substantially right angles to the plane of the base portion, and further by providing reinforcement ribs, the height of which does not exceed the height of the bent side margin portion, almost parallel to the side margin portion. A head suspension load beam of another embodiment of this invention is reinforced by bending the side margin portion substantially parallel with the plane of the base portion or further toward the plane of the base portion, instead of using reinforcement ribs.

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Fujisawa, Japan

Hiroshi Terashima