Abstract:
A thin film magnetic read/write head/arm assembly and method of manufacturing the same is disclosed herein. Contact soldering (37) of the opposite to disk side of the read/write head (35) to a cable (33) in laminate relationship to the suspension arm (31), or a polyimide strip with conductors deposited thereon provides both electrical interconnection and mechanical support. Semiconductor devices (40) can also be intermediately soldered between the head and cable for maximum noise suppression.
Abstract:
UN CONJUNTO ESTA COMPUESTO POR UN TRANSDUCTOR (33), UN BRAZO ACTUADOR (34), UNA ENVOLTURA INFLABLE (30) QUE INCLUYE DOS PARTES SUPERFICIALES PLANAS, UNA DE LAS CUALES ESTA ASEGURADA AL BRAZO ACTUADOR Y EN LA OTRA DE LAS CUALES ESTA MONTADO EL TRANSDUCTOR, MEDIOS (72) PARA INFLAR LA ENVOLTURA A FIN DE DESPLAZAR AL TRANSDUCTOR A UNA POSICION DE FUNCIONAMIENTO Y PARA DESINFLAR LA ENVOLTURA A FIN DE DEVOLVER AL TRANSDUCTOR A UNA POSICION DE REPOSO, Y REFUERZOS (40, 42, 56), ASOCIADOS CON LAS PARTES DE LA ENVOLTURA COMPRENDIDAS ENTRE LAS PARTES SUPERFICIALES PLANAS, DESTINADOS A MANTENER SUSTANCIALMENTE PARALELAS ENTRE SI A LAS PARTES SUPERFICIALES PLANAS, CUANDO LA ENVOLTURA ESTA INFLADA. LA ENVOLTURA (30) ESTA FORMADA DE UN MATERIAL FLEXIBLE, NO ELASTICO, Y LOS REFUERZOS (40, 42, 56) MANTIENEN CONSTANTEMENTE PARALELAS ENTRE SI, EN ESENCIA, A LAS PARTES SUPERFICIALES PLANAS, Y MANTIENEN CONSTANTEMENTE PARALELAS ENTRE SI, EN ESENCIA, A LAS PARTES DE LA ENVOLTURA COMPRENDIDAS ENTRE LAS PARTES SUPERFICIALES PLANAS.
Abstract:
AN EXPANDABLE SUSPENSION FOR SUPPORTING A SLIDER AND MOVING IT TO THE DISK IN A DATA RECORDING DISK FILE A suspension for an air-bearing slider 32 in a data recording disk file is an envelope 30 which expands when pressurized air enters the envelope interior. The envelope 30 includes a pair of flat flexible sheets 50, 52, preferably of polyimide, which are secured at their perimeters 54, and stiffeners 40, 42, 56 bonded to the sheets 50, 52 to provide stiffness between the slider 32 and the arm attached to the disk file actuator. Four parallel strips 60, 62, 63, 64 on the polyimide sheets 50, 52 function as hinges so that the envelope expands in the manner of a four-bar linkage, thus moving the slider 32 toward the disk with the slider's air-bearing surface maintained generally parallel to the data surface of the disk. Electrical conductors 80 for connecting the read/write transducer 33 supported on the slider 32 to the read/write circuitry of the disk file are formed on one of the polyimide sheets 50.