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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Applicant:
Dan L. Kilmer, Seiad Valley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dan L. Kilmer, Seiad Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
KLA-Tencor Technologies Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R024/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connector that can couple a flexible circuit board of a head gimbal assembly to driving circuits of an apparatus coupled to a hard disk. The connector includes a pair of spring biased plates that push the flexible circuit into contact with a printed circuit board. The circuit board is coupled to the driving circuits. The pressure plates can be manually pushed into an open position to allow an operator to insert or remove the flexible circuit board from the connector.