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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keiichiroh Yoshida, Fujisawa, JP;
Naoaki Kanada, Sagamihara, JP;
Jun Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Tsujino, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/108 ; G11B 5/55 ; G11B 2/116 ; G11B 5/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/108 ; G11B 5/55 ; G11B 2/116 ; G11B 5/48 ;
Abstract
A flexible cable assembly (FCA) has a flexible cable, first and second brackets attached to the flexible cable, and a band for holding the first and second brackets while the flexible cable is folded back and the first and second brackets overlap. The band is detachably mounted to the first and second brackets to facilitate efficient manufacturing and disassembly methods. The FCA may be implemented at various manufacturing stages including the head suspension assembly (HSA) or the entire hard disk drive (HDD) assembly.