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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Keith W. Carlson, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Dennis A. Boismier, Shorewood, MN (US);
Galen D. Houk, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Larry C. Webb, Jr., Hutchinson, MN (US);
Craig A. Leabch, Saint Cloud, MN (US);
Keith W. Carlson, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Dennis A. Boismier, Shorewood, MN (US);
Galen D. Houk, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Larry C. Webb, Jr., Hutchinson, MN (US);
Craig A. Leabch, Saint Cloud, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for grounding a flexure of a head suspension assembly to a moving support such as an actuator arm or an E block close to a preamplifier, write driver or other wiring such as a flexible circuit located on the moving support in a disk drive assembly, including connecting a metal substrate layer of the flexure to a ground on the moving support closely adjacent the preamplifier or flexible circuit to minimize ground loop interference with signals on the traces. The invention includes a variety of arrangements to secure the metal substrate layer to the moving support.