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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1997
Norman Kermit Frater, San Jose, CA (US);
David Gerson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gary L Heitkamp, Plymouth, MN (US);
Thomas Mark Hoffmann, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
John Philip Hollowell, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter William Kanas, San Jose, CA (US);
Oscar Jaime Ruiz, San Jose, CA (US);
Enrique Eduardo Sanicky, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machine Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A transducer suspension system for a data storage disk drive device has electrical wires strung along the top surface of the suspension. The wires bend around the distal end of the suspension and are connected to electrical pads on the transducer slider below. The height of the wires is reduced by swiping the wires in a lateral direction using a two-finger member. The swipe operation bends the wires down to reduce the overall height and reduces the stress created by the wires in the electrical pad bonds and allows the slider gimbal the freedom to move.