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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Michiharu Motonishi, Niigata-ken, JP;
Mitsuru Watanabe, Niigata-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Michiharu Motonishi, Niigata-ken, JP;
Mitsuru Watanabe, Niigata-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A head gimbal assembly has a gimbal suspension that includes a metal flexure bonded to a slider having a magnetic head element. This head gimbal assembly prevents damage from electrostatic discharge more efficiently. In the head gimbal assembly, a region of an oxide film on a slider-bonding surface of the flexure is completely or incompletely removed to form a film-removed region, and conductive adhesive resin is disposed between the film-removed region and the slider.