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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Masashi Shiraishi, Nagano, JP;
Masanori Sakai, Nagano, JP;
Tsuyoshi Umehara, Nagano, JP;
Haruyuki Morita, Nagano, JP;
Ken-ichi Takano, Nagano, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a magnetic head apparatus includes a step of forming a plurality of flexure pieces coupled with each other and kept in substantially flat, each of the flexure pieces being provided with conductive connection pattern, a step of mounting sliders with magnetic head elements on the respective flexure pieces, or mounting head IC chips on the respective flexure pieces and after that mounting sliders with magnetic head elements on the respective flexure pieces, and a step of separating the flexure pieces with the sliders into individual pieces.