Patent ID: 6052259
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A head support arm of a disk drive device comprising;a front portion supporting a head/slider assembly,a rear portion for connection to a support member in said disk drive device,a bending portion between said front portion and said rear portion, having a plurality of electrically conductive wires covered by a tube, anda first fixing position and a second fixing position symmetrically located on both sides of a center line of said head support arm at positions between said bending portion and said front portion, characterized in that said tube is attached to said head support arm between said bending portion and said rear portion, said plurality of electrically conductive wires extending from a front end of said tube on the side of said front portion of said head support arm and extending over said bending portion and are divided into a first group and a second group, said first group of wires is fixed at said first fixing position, said second group of wires is fixed at said second fixing position, said first group of wires extending from said first fixing position is connected to said head, said second group of wires extending from said second fixing position is connected to said head, said first group of wires extending from said first fixing position to said head and said second group of wires extending from said second fixing position to said head are symmetrically arranged on both sides of said center line.