Patent ID: 6875026

Claim:
A hard disk drive, comprising: a head/disk assembly which includes a body and a spindle motor supported by said body; a first connector attached to said body; a first printed circuit board connected to said spindle motor and having a plurality of contacts mounted on said first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board including a second connector engageable with said first connector of said disk assembly; and a third connector having a plurality of terminals attached to said second printed circuit board, said plurality of terminals of said third connector being positioned on said second printed circuit board so as to automatically electrically engage contacts on said disk assembly without manipulation of said contacts on said disk assembly to transfer signals between said second printed circuit board and said spindle motor when said second connector of said second printed circuit board is engaged with said first connector of said disk assembly; each of said plurality of terminals having a proximal portion exposed by said third electrical connector; other portions of said plurality of terminals being in an array conforming to positions of said contacts; and said proximal portions of said terminals operationally engaging said second printed circuit board, said other portions of said terminals extending through said second printed circuit board to make an operational engagement with corresponding ones of said contacts and to maintain said operational engagement by resiliently deforming while said second connector mates with said first connector.