Patent ID: 9583125
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B23K,C25D,G11B

Claim:
1. A method of forming a ground connection from a stainless steel disk drive suspension body to a microactuator, the method comprising: chemically activating a surface of the stainless steel disk drive suspension body; using a mask to isolate a portion of the stainless steel disk drive suspension body thereby defining an isolated portion of the stainless steel disk drive suspension body; causing a plating solution to contact the isolated portion; plating a corrosion resistant metal onto the isolated portion of the stainless steel disk drive suspension body, thereby forming a corrosion resistant plated area on the disk drive suspension body, the corrosion resistant metal being in direct electrical communication with the stainless steel disk drive suspension body without any electrical insulator therebetween; applying a conductive adhesive to mechanically and electrically bond an electrode of the microactuator to the corrosion resistant plated area; and grounding the suspension body; whereby a ground path is provided from the microactuator, through the conductive adhesive, through the plated corrosion resistant metal, and through the stainless steel disk drive suspension body.