Patent ID: 8462464

Claim:
A flexure for a disk drive, the flexure comprising: a supported region comprising: a support layer; an insulating layer on the support layer; a supported portion of a first signal conductor carrying a first signal, the supported portion being disposed over and supported by the insulating layer and the support layer; a supported portion of a second signal conductor carrying a second signal, the second signal conductor being disposed above the first signal conductor in a stacked arrangement and electrically separated therefrom by a second insulating layer; a flying lead region having: a first flying lead comprising an unsupported portion of said first signal conductor having no support layer underneath, the first flying lead being electrically continuous with the first signal conductor and defining a first signal path therewith; a second flying lead comprising an unsupported portion of said second signal conductor having no support layer underneath, the second flying lead being electrically continuous with the second signal conductor and defining a second signal path therewith; wherein: the unsupported portion of said first signal conductor is significantly thicker than the supported portion thereof; and the first and second signal paths travel in stacked fashion one on top of the other in the supported region, and travel side by side in the unsupported region.