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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 ; G11B 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 ; G11B 2/116 ;
Abstract
A head suspension assembly includes a magnetic head slider with at least one thin-film magnetic head element, a head IC chip with a circuit for the at least one thin-film magnetic head element, and a support member for supporting the magnetic head slider and the head IC chip. The support member has a recess portion for reducing a protruded height of the head IC chip at a position for mounting the head IC chip.