The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Yuhsuke Matsumoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Kenichi Murata, Ebina, JP;
Adisak Tokaew, Muang, TH;
David Druist, San Jose, CA (US);
Glenn Gee, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Moravec, Lamlukka, TH;
Michael Ranes, Looc Calamba, PH;
Peter Paolo Dilla, Santa Rosa, PH;
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a magnetic storage device that comprises a suspension arm co-movably fixed to a carriage arm. The suspension arm comprises a slider attachment side and at least one first electrical contact pad on the slider attachment side. The suspension arm also comprises a slider co-movably fixed to the suspension arm. The slider comprises a suspension attachment side, a non-head side facing the suspension arm and intersecting the suspension attachment side at a first slider edge of the slider, a head side facing away from the suspension arm, and at least one electrical contact component on the suspension attachment side up to the first slider edge. At least one solder weldment is directly coupled to the at least one first electrical contact pad and the at least one electrical contact component. Additionally, a read-write head is coupled to the head side of the slider.