Patent ID: 6141182
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A magnetic head assembly mounted on an arm, said assembly being utilized in the recording and reproducing of data on and from a recording/reproducing surface of a magnetic disk, said magnetic head assembly comprising:a support body for connecting the magnetic head assembly to the arm; anda head chip attached to said support body, said head chip including a wafer base and a read/write element for recording/reproducing data from said recording/reproducing surface of said magnetic disk, said read/write element being formed from a plurality of thin film layers superposed upon said wafer base,wherein said head chip is electrically connected to a set of lead wires on said support body by at least one set of fillet-bonds, whereby said at least one set of fillet-bonds also serves to maintain said head chip in a bonded relationship with said support body, andwherein said bonded relationship between said head chip and said support body is also maintained by a second set of fillet-bonds, further wherein said at least one set of fillet-bonds is located on a first side of said head chip and said second set of fillet-bonds is located on a second side of said head chip where said second side of said head chip faces in an opposite direction from said first side of said head chip.