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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1997
Masaichi Inaba, Ushiku, JP;
Nippon Mektron Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flexible circuit board, an end of which is uniformly connected to the inside of a springy metal layer, which has been bent to a U shape, and the rest of which extends in a predetermined width away from the springy metal layer. The flexible circuit board is equipped with bump-shaped connecting terminals on the opposed bent sections, each connecting terminal having a first side connected to the ends of the circuit wiring pattern formed on the flexible circuit board and a second generally opposed side projecting outwardly from the flexible circuit board. The bump-shaped terminals are electrically connected to the terminal of the magnetic head suspension, which is made integral with circuit wiring, by the clamping force of the springy metal layer.