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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Kirk B. Price, San Jose, CA (US);
Jr-yi Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kirk B. Price, San Jose, CA (US);
Jr-Yi Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for biasing a neutral axis of a flex cable in a hard drive are discussed. The hard drive comprises a flex cable, a read/write head, and a control card. The flex cable comprises a base film, adhesives, a conductive trace, a cover film, and a neutral axis. The neutral axis is configured to be biased so that stresses in the conductive trace are more compressive and less tensile than stresses without a biased neutral axis.