Patent ID: 6702592
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: G11B,H01R,H02K,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
In a disc drive having a head disc assembly (HDA) and a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted to the HDA, the HDA comprising a basedeck having an exterior surface, the PCB having a primary side supporting control electronics for the disc drive and a secondary side facing the basedeck exterior surface, a method for interconnecting an internal component housed within the HDA with a conductive trace on the PCB, comprising steps of:providing the PCB with a pin aperture having a circumferentially extending side wall and a central axis; and inserting, from the primary side, a conductive pin through the pin aperture in a direction along the central axis so that a distal end of the pin projects beyond the secondary side of the PCB, the distal end comprising an electrical contact surface provisioned at the distal extent of the pin and which intersects the central axis, the electrical contact surface configured to pressingly engage a connector disposed in a connector aperture in the basedeck.