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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masashi Shiraishi, Nagano, JP;
Masanori Sakai, Nagano, JP;
Tsuyoshi Umehara, Nagano, JP;
Haruyuki Morita, Nagano, JP;
Ken-ichi Takano, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/42 ;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a magnetic head suspension assembly includes a step of forming a plurality of flexure pieces coupled with each other and kept substantially flat, each of the flexure pieces being provided with conductive connection pattern, a step of mounting head IC chips on the respective substantially flat flexure pieces, the mounting being executed before fixing of said flexure pieces to load beams, and a step of separating said flexure pieces with the head IC chips into individual pieces.