Patent ID: 7128255

Claim:
A method of wire-bonding an electrode formed in a core and an end portion of an electrical wiring to each other, for use in a magnetic head having a flexure having said electrical wiring formed therein, a fine adjustment actuator fixed to said flexure, and said core fixed to said fine adjustment actuator to be driven for said flexure by said fine adjustment actuator, said method comprising the steps of: fixing the rear face of the formation part of the end portion of said electrical wiring in said flexure and the vicinity thereof by a first support surface of a wire-bonding apparatus; clamping said core by a second support surface of said wire-bonding apparatus which is different from said first support surface, and a work clamp pin of said wire-bonding apparatus; fixing said flexure, said fine adjustment actuator, and said core integrally with one another; bonding the wire end portion to one of said electrode formed in said core and the end portion of said electrical wiring on said flexure; and rotating said flexure, said find adjustment actuator and said core integrally with one another by about 90 degrees to bond said wire to the other of said electrode formed in said core and the end portion of said electrical wiring on said flexure, wherein the fine adjustment actuator is not subjected to any clamping forces of the work clamp pin throughout said fixing.