Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible type electrical feed-through connector assembly
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Application No.: US16231493Application Date: 2018-12-22
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Publication No.: US10594100B1Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Miki Namihisa , Kimihiko Sudo , Hiromitsu Masuda , Nobumasa Nishiyama , Satoshi Nakamura , Hiroshi Matsuda
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent John D. Henkhaus
- Main IPC: G11B33/14
- IPC: G11B33/14 ; H01R31/06 ; H05K1/11 ; H05K1/02 ; H05K1/18 ; H01R13/74 ; H01R43/20 ; H01R12/79 ; H01R12/78 ; G11B5/48 ; H01R12/91 ; H01R12/77

Abstract:
A flexible type electrical feed-through involves a flexible printed circuit (FPC) part constructed as a laminate structure of a base insulating layer, a conductor layer, and a cover insulating layer, where the FPC part is wrapped around a metal part, forming a connector assembly. Such a feed-through may be used at an interface between a hermetically-sealed internal environment, such as in a lighter-than-air gas filled data storage device, and the external environment. Multiple connector parts may be coupled to an inner side of the feed-through, to each mate with a respective flexible cable assembly electrically connected to a respective actuator of a multi-actuator hard disk drive. A floating board-to-board connector part may be coupled to the outer side of the feed-through, which in turn is electrically connected to a printed circuit board assembly of a hard disk drive, and which is able to tolerate connector mating misalignment.
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