Patent ID: 8343386

Claim:
An electrostatically dissipative adhesive, consisting of: a mixture that provides electrostatic dissipation protection to at least one of read transducers and write transducers, the mixture consisting of: an adhesive material, wherein the adhesive material is ethyl cyanoacrylate; and electrically conductive particles intermixed with the adhesive material, wherein the particles are selected from a group consisting of antimony doped Sn-oxide and In:Sn:oxide, the electrically conductive particles being present in an amount between greater than 0 and about 10% by weight of a total weight of the mixture, wherein the mixture has at least 90% of a lap shear strength as measured in accordance with ISO 4587 after curing for 72 hours at 22° C. as the raw adhesive material has as measured in accordance with ISO 4587 after curing for 72 hours at 22° C., wherein the adhesive, when cured, has an electrical resistivity of at least about 100 ohm*cm, wherein the adhesive, when cured, has an electrostatically dissipative surface resistivity in a range of between about 10 5 and 10 12 Ω/sq, with the proviso that the mixture contains no corrosive agents.