Patent ID: 6351348
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
A suspension system for supporting a magnetic read/write slider comprising:a load beam for mechanically supporting a slider; a slider support member for providing a region on which the slider can be mechanically attached; a flexure having less stiffness than the load beam and connecting the load beam to the slider support member, the flexure comprising a first flexible finger region extending along a first outside edge of the flexure and a second flexible finger region extending along a second outside edge of the flexure, the first flexible finger region and the second flexible finger region each comprising a multilayered material comprised of a first layer, a second layer positioned over the first layer, and a third layer positioned over the second layer, the first layer comprising a metal, the second layer comprising a dielectric material and the third layer comprising an electrically conductive material with the first flexible finger region being connected to the slider support member by at least a part of the first layer and the second flexible finger region being connected to the slider support member by at least a part of the first layer; at least one slot that extends completely through the first layer of the first flexible finger region; and at least one electrical conductor formed in the third layer of the first flexible finger region and positioned over the slot.