Patent ID: 6839202

Claim:
An assembly including a suspension or support for use with a magnetic head assembly wherein the magnetic head assembly includes a write head and a read head, comprising: a cable mounted on the suspension or support; the cable including: first and second read wires wherein the first and second read wires are connected to the read head: first and second conductive sheaths composed of a nonmagnetic electrically conductive material disposed about the first and second read wires respectively; first and second insulative sheaths composed of an electrically nonconductive material; the first insulative sheath being located between the first read wire and the first conductive sheath and the second insulative sheath being located between the second read wire and the second conductive sheath; each of the conductive sheaths having a top, a bottom and first and second sides wherein the first and second sides interconnect the top and the bottom; and each of the top, bottom and the first and second sides being straight.