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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1996
A. David Erpelding, San Jose, CA (US);
Darrell D. Palmer, San Jose, CA (US);
Oscar J. Ruiz, San Jose, CA (US);
Surya Pattanaik, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A suspension system for supporting a magnetic read/write slider comprising a load beam, a slider support member and a flexure comprised of a first flexure arm and a second flexure arm. A plurality of electrical conductors extend along the edge of the load beam on the side of the load beam farthest away from the disk hub. The electrical conductors are positioned adjacent to, but outside of, the second flexure arm, so as not to contribute to the stiffness of the second flexure arm. The electrical conductors are comprised of a laminated material which includes a conductor layer, such as a high strength copper alloy, a dielectric layer and a support layer. In another embodiment, the flexure includes a first flexible finger recion and a second flexible finger region. A first plurality of slots extend completely through the first flexible finger region, and a second plurality of slots extend completely through the second flexible finger region for providing regions into which the electrical conductors can move when the flexure undergoes deflections.