Patent ID: 7852604

Claim:
A slider suspension assembly, comprising: a positioning arm, having a mounting end and a gimbal end; a laminate mounted to the positioning arm and including a spring layer and a flex circuit layer, the spring layer including an elongate gimbal spring arm, and the flex circuit layer including an elongate flex circuit arm separated from the elongate gimbal spring arm by a gap, the flex circuit layer including a flex circuit tab that extends across the gap to an attachment point on the elongate gimbal spring arm, the flex circuit layer including electrical contact pads; and first and second bend adjustment regions spaced apart along a length of the elongate gimbal spring arm, the first and second bend adjustment regions being located between the electrical contact pads and the positioning arm mounting end, and the attachment point is positioned between the first and the second bend adjustment regions, wherein the flex circuit layer includes a circuit trace layer and a resin layer, and the flex circuit tab is formed in the resin layer, is free of circuit traces and is deflectable to relieve residual stress in the elongate flex circuit arm.