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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Keith W. Carlson, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Larry C. Webb, Jr., Hutchinson, MN (US);
Valerie J. Webber, Buffalo Lake, MN (US);
Inventors:
Keith W. Carlson, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Larry C. Webb, Jr., Hutchinson, MN (US);
Valerie J. Webber, Buffalo Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated lead flexure or suspension including an insulating layer, a plurality of traces on the insulating layer and a stainless steel base layer on the side of the insulating layer opposite the traces. The traces are free of a conductive shield layer on the side opposite the insulating layer. One or more voids extend through the stainless steel layer below the traces. The voids are filled with a high conductivity metal layer.