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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Yoshio Uematsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenjirou Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Uematsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenjirou Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic head assembly in which a slider can be removed with deformation of a suspension suppressed and the posture angle of a magnetic head can be maintained stably and a magnetic disk drive mounted with the magnetic head assembly. A head gimbal assembly (HGA) according to an embodiment includes a suspension, a magnetic head slider provided with a magnetic head element section, and a gimbal retaining the slider and connected to the suspension. The gimbal includes a spacer formed around a conductive adhesive application area. A nonconductive adhesive application area having a planar dimension not larger than that of the conductive adhesive application area is formed outside the spacer. The gimbal and the slider are brought into conduction through a conductive adhesive applied to the conductive adhesive application area and are adhered to each other with a nonconductive adhesive applied to the nonconductive adhesive application area.