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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pyongwon Yim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew S. Kao, Fremont, CA (US);
Hyung Jai Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/32 ;
Abstract
A flexible circuit board which can be assembled into a head gimbal assembly of a hard disk drive. The flexible circuit board may have a conductive tab that is electrically connected to a pre-amp pad and a head pad of the circuit board. The head pad may be connected to a head. The conductive tab may be grounded during handling of the flexible circuit board. Any electrostatic discharge on the head may be grounded through the conductive tab.