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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Yukie Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/484 (2013.01); G11B 5/4833 (2013.01); G11B 5/4853 (2013.01); G11B 5/486 (2013.01); G11B 5/483 (2015.09); G11B 5/4873 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexure of a suspension for a disk drive includes a metal base and a wiring portion provided along the metal base and including a base insulation layer, a conductor layer overlaid on the base insulation layer, and a cover insulation layer overlaid on the conductor layer. The flexure includes a first area on which an electronic component is mounted and a second area aligned alongside the first area, and the first area includes a thin-walled portion which overlaps the electronic component and having a thickness less than a thickness of the second area.