Patent ID: 6154343
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A single-side method of mounting a flexible conductor to a first side of a suspension comprising a flexure and a load beam with said suspension having said first and a second sides, including forming in the suspension a flowable adhesive-passing channel at a locus of flexible conductor attachment to said suspension, said channel having an inlet at said suspension second side and an outlet at said suspension first side, engaging said flexible conductor and suspension in their desired alignment with said flexible conductor adjacent said channel outlet, forcing a flowable adhesive into said channel inlet, through said channel and between said aligned suspension and flexible conductor in a manner forming a crown of said adhesive over and around said channel inlet, hardening said adhesive from said second side in bonding relation with said flexible conductor and said suspension, said adhesive crown mechanically locking said suspension and flexible conductor in their desired alignment.