Patent ID: 6057986
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A support mechanism for magnetic head sliders, wherein the support mechanism has a magnetic head slider attached at its distal end, and wherein the support mechanism is supported at its proximal end by a rotational shaft, the support mechanism being moved to take a read and write position and an offset position therefrom relative to a magnetic disk, said mechanism comprising:a flexure comprising: i) a substrate of plate shape wherein the magnetic head slider is mounted on the disk side surface of a distal end portion of the substrate; and ii) a wiring structure formed integrally on the disk side surface of said substrate, said wiring structure including an insulating layer on the disk side surface, a conductor layer extending longitudinally to the substrate on the insulating layer; and a protection layer covering the conductor layer; anda load beam longitudinally jointed to the flexure substrate and constituting a suspension together with the flexure;wherein the conductor layer includes i) slider pads provided on the distal end portion of the substrate for connection with the magnetic head of the magnetic head slider and ii) terminal pads provided on the proximal end portion of the substrate for connection with the external wiring,wherein the load beam has an aperture extending from the disk side surface of the load beam to the opposite rear side surface of the load beam,wherein the flexure has its distal end portion extending along the disk side surface of the load beam and has the proximal end portion passing through the aperture of the load beam to reach the rear side surface of the load beam, the slider pads are exposed outside on the disk side surface of the flexure via openings formed in the protection layer, the insulating layer having at least one opening and the flexure substrate having at least one opening,wherein the terminal pads are exposed outside on the rear side surface of the flexure via said at least one opening in the flexure substrate and said at least one opening in the insulating layer.