Patent ID: 6169643
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive suspension comprising a load beam having a distal rigid portion, and supported by said load beam a flexure carrying a slider head, an electrical connector running substantially the length of said load beam to said slider, said connector comprising an electrically integrated hybrid of different segments including a first flexible conductive laminate segment free of a metal support layer that is connected to signal circuitry, said first flexible conductive laminate segment constituting the entire length of said electrical connector up to said load beam distal rigid portion, and a second flexible conductive laminate segment including a metal support layer connected to said slider, said segments being arranged sequentially and in such manner that the slider head is electrically coupled by said first flexible conductive laminate segment at the proximal end of said load beam, and by said second flexible conductor at said load beam distal rigid portion.