Head assembly and disk device provided with the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9245557
APP PUB NO 20150262600A1
SERIAL NO

14726074

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According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a support plate, a wiring member including a thin metallic plate, an insulating layer and a conductive layer, the wiring member including a tongue portion located on a convex portion of the support plate, a proximal end portion fixed onto the support plate, and a bridge portion bridged between the tongue portion and the proximal end portion and including a inflection point with respect to a height direction of warping, a magnetic head attached to the tongue portion, and a piezoelectric element bonded to the bridge portion at a section between the proximal end portion and the inflection point.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kido, Takuma Mitaka, JP 22 105
Kudo, Masaya Yokohama, JP 19 58
Sasaki, Yasutaka Yokohama, JP 51 654

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