Patent ID: 11908497
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A flexure for a suspension assembly for a hard disk drive (HDD), the flexure comprising:
an insulative base layer;
a first conductive layer over at least a portion of the base layer;
a plurality of electrical pads each comprising a second conductive layer over the first conductive layer;
a sidewall layer over a cover layer over the first conductive layer, the sidewall layer comprising:
a first sidewall adjacent to one side of and extending higher than a corresponding electrical pad of the plurality of electrical pads, and
a second sidewall adjacent to an opposing side of and extending higher than the corresponding electrical pad; and

a pre-solder bump of solder material positioned over and in contact with each of the electrical pads and substantially between each respective first and second sidewalls.