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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mukund Vijay, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/486 (2013.01); G11B 5/4846 (2013.01); H05K 1/0281 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); H05K 2201/056 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible printed circuit for a storage drive assembly is provided. The flexible printed circuit includes a stiffener layer having a first stiffener region, and a second stiffener region separated from the first stiffener region by a hinge region, a first insulation layer disposed on the stiffener layer, a conductive electrode layer disposed on the first insulation layer; and a second insulation layer disposed on the conductive electrode layer, wherein the hinge region is formed from the first insulation layer, the conductive electrode layer and the second insulation layer.