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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Arai, Aiko-gun, JP;
Futa Sasaki, Aiko-gun, JP;
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A flexure tail is provided in a flexure including a metal base and a conductive circuit portion. The flexure tail includes a tail pad portion. In the tail pad portion, tail electrodes to are arranged. At the tail pad portion, a stub which remains after a test pad portion is cut off is formed. The stub includes conductors to which are left uncut. The conductors to which are left uncut are electrically connected to the tail electrodes to, respectively. The stub includes a bent portion. The bent portion is formed by bending a frame portion of the tail pad portion, and forms an angle of 30° or more with respect to a circuit board. The tail electrodes to are joined to terminals to of the circuit board.