Patent ID: 6061206
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A head stack assembly for mounting to a pivot bearing cartridge in a disk drive, the head stack assembly comprising:a coil having opposite electrical ends;a unitary molded plastic E-block fabricated from a first thermoplastic material containing electrically conductive filler material such that the E-block is electrically conductive, the E-block defining:a generally cylindrically shaped body portion and a plurality of elongated arms;the body portion having a pivot bore for receiving the pivot bearing cartridge, a plurality of spaced-apart arm-support regions, and a surface defining a mounting site;each of the arms being cantilevered from a respective one of the arm-support regions to project radially away from the pivot bore;an overmolded coil frame;a molecular bond region securing the coil to the body portion such that the coil is cantilevered to project radially away from the pivot bore, the molecular bond region and the overmolded coil frame being fabricated from the same thermoplastic material as the E-block and containing an electrically non-conductive filler;a flex circuit cable having a portion secured at the mounting site, the flex circuit cable including a plurality of conductors;means defining an electrical path from a first one of the conductors to provide ground potential to the E-block; andmeans defining a pair of electrical paths from a second and a third of the conductors to a respective one of the opposite electrical ends of the coil.