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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takuma Kido, Mitaka, JP;

Yasutaka Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;

Masaya Kudo, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/58 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/486 (2013.01); G11B 5/482 (2013.01); G11B 5/4853 (2013.01); G11B 5/5552 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a support plate, a wiring member, a magnetic head and drive members. A gimbal portion of the wiring member includes a thin metallic plate including a tongue portion mounted with a magnetic head, a proximal end portion fixed to the support plate, support projections, and link portions, an insulating layer including first bridge portions extending from the proximal end portion to the tongue portion, and second bridge portions extending from the proximal end portion to middle portions of the first bridges, and a conducive layer including signal wirings extending to the tongue portion through the second and first bridge portions, and reinforcement wiring portions. The drive members are provided at the first bridge portions.


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