Patent ID: 11924958
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A hard disk drive (HDD) comprising:
a plurality of recording media rotatably mounted on a spindle;
a plurality of head sliders each housing a respective read-write transducer configured to read from and to write to at least one recording media of the plurality of recording media;
means for moving the plurality of head sliders to access portions of the at least one recording media; and
means for carrying signals from the plurality of head sliders to HDD electronics, the means for carrying comprising:
a plurality of fingers extending from a main portion, each finger comprising:
a first wiring layer comprising a first electrically conductive trace layout,
a second wiring layer comprising a second electrically conductive trace layout, and
a base film interposed between the first and second wiring layers;

wherein the first trace layout comprises at least one thermally conductive protective island overlaying a respective portion of the second trace layout to provide a protective thermal barrier to the base film.