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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2011
Shufun Ho, Fremont, CA (US);
Yau-shing Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shufun Ho, Fremont, CA (US);
Yau-Shing Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive head stack assembly has a flexible printed circuit (FPC) including a flex cable and a flex stiffener. The flex stiffener includes a terminal region support portion that is attached to the actuator body, a flex cable guide portion, and a stiffener bend. The stiffener bend is between and connects the terminal region support portion and the flex cable guide portion. The flex cable includes a guided portion that is in contact with the flex cable guide portion. A flex cable terminal region is attached to the terminal region support portion. The stiffener bend is about a stiffener bend axis that is perpendicular to the actuator pivot axis.