Patent ID: 8325447
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method to attach a head to a laminated flexure in a head gimbal assembly (HGA) for use in a disk drive, the method comprising: positioning the head with respect to the laminated flexure so that a plurality of conductive bonding pads of the head are aligned with a plurality of electrically conductive traces of the laminated flexure; shining light through at least one opening in a load beam of the HGA and onto a heating pad of at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive traces, until solid solder located in a connection region that is offset from the heating pad melts and joins the at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive traces to a corresponding one of the plurality of conductive bonding pads; and allowing the solder to solidify in the connection region, to form a solid electrical connection in the connection region between the at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive traces and the corresponding one of the plurality of conductive bonding pads; wherein the at least one of the plurality of conductive traces is not exposed to the light in the connection region, and wherein the corresponding one of the plurality of conductive bonding pads is also not exposed to the light.