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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Arnold Olson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Darrell Dean Palmer, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony Vesci, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 ; G11B 2/108 ; G11B 5/48 ; G11B 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 ; G11B 2/108 ; G11B 5/48 ; G11B 2/116 ;
Abstract
A suspension system comprises an actuator arm and two suspensions. Each suspension has a load beam and a laminated member comprised of a support layer, an electrically insulating layer, and an electrically conducting layer. The laminated members are etched to form electrical lines for each suspension. The laminate member of each suspension is bent along the side of the arm such that they overlap one another in order to reduce the required space.