Patent ID: 6927946

Claim:
A method of forming electrical interconnections between the leads of a disk drive suspension assembly and a micro-actuator mounting a transducer-carrying slider, the method comprising: providing a first set of termination pads on a generally planar surface of said micro-actuator that is generally orthogonal to a front edge portion of said micro-actuator, said first set of termination pads being located adjacent said micro-actuator front edge portion; providing a set of leads on said suspension assembly, said suspension assembly leads extending generally orthogonally to said first set of termination pads and in adjacent relationship therewith; providing a second set of termination pads on said micro-actuator; providing a third set of termination pads on said slider; and electrically connecting said first set of termination pads to said suspension assembly leads and said second set of termination pads to said third set of termination pads.