Patent ID: 7070421
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: G11B,H01R

Abstract:
1. A rotating disk storage device, comprising: a disk enclosure accommodating internal component parts and provided with an opening portion; an FPC supporting portion provided on an edge of said opening portion; a flexible printed circuit board including an FPC terminal area that provides an electric connection with said internal component parts and extends from said opening portion along a front surface of said FPC supporting portion to outside said disk enclosure; and a printed board provided with a board connector including a connector terminal that comes in contact with an FPC terminal formed in said FPC terminal area when mounted on said disk enclosure; wherein said FPC terminal area includes a restrained area that comes in contact with said FPC supporting portion and a free area that is configured to be elastically flexed by the contact between said connector terminal and said FPC terminal.