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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Jeffrey Kerner, San Jose, CA (US);
Kirk B. Price, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert C. Reinhart, San Jose, CA (US);
Edgar D. Rothenberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Jr-yi Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey Kerner, San Jose, CA (US);
Kirk B. Price, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert C. Reinhart, San Jose, CA (US);
Edgar D. Rothenberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Jr-Yi Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A flex cable assembly for a head stack assembly of a hard disk drive comprises a flex cable for conducting data signals from the head stack assembly to a connector. The flex cable comprises a dynamic loop section between a termination for the head stack assembly and the connector. A constrained layer damper is attached adjacently to an area of the flex cable that is configured to receive the coupler. The constrained layer damper extends into the dynamic loop section of the flex cable.