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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Masakazu Hirata, Chiba, JP;
Manabu Oumi, Chiba, JP;
Norio Chiba, Chiba, JP;
Sachiko Tanabe, Chiba, JP;
Yoko Shinohara, Chiba, JP;
Masakazu Hirata, Chiba, JP;
Manabu Oumi, Chiba, JP;
Norio Chiba, Chiba, JP;
Sachiko Tanabe, Chiba, JP;
Yoko Shinohara, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A head gimbal assembly has a flexure forming a part of a suspension configured to extend along a surface of a recording medium. A flexible substrate is provided on the flexure. A slider is mounted onto at least a part of the flexible substrate so as to oppose the surface of the recording medium, and is configured to generate near field light from an introduced light flux. A light supply portion is mounted on the flexure and is provided between the flexure and the slider. The flexible substrate has an end surface forming a mirror surface that faces an end surface of the light supply portion and is inclined with respect to an optical axis of the light supply portion. The light supply portion is optically coupled to the slider via the mirror surface of the flexible substrate.