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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Francis Chee-shuen Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Lee Mcghee, San Jose, CA (US);
Salvador Navarro, San Jose, CA (US);
Ullai Vasant Nayak, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Christian O'brien, Fremont, CA (US);
Wing Chun Shum, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall George Simmons, San Jose, CA (US);
Francis Chee-Shuen Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Lee McGhee, San Jose, CA (US);
Salvador Navarro, San Jose, CA (US);
Ullai Vasant Nayak, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Christian O'Brien, Fremont, CA (US);
Wing Chun Shum, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall George Simmons, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A lead routing module for interconnecting two devices in a suspension assembly. The suspension assembly including at least a suspension, a slider/head assembly, and a lead routing module. The suspension assembly may also include a microactuator. The lead routing module routes electrical signals between at least two devices in the suspension assembly such that the termination leads and/or pads of each device may be conveniently located. The suspension assembly may be used in a disk drive system, or alternatively, in a disk test system used for testing disks.