Gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly

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PATENT NO 5491597
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08227960

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A gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly for attachment to a disk drive suspension assembly. The gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect acts both as an interconnect system for relaying electrical signals and as a gimbal flexure. It comprises a self-supporting set of generally parallel traces--electrically insulated linear substrate-free conductors constructed of a single layer spring material. The set of traces includes a load beam portion extending over and matching the surface topology of at least a section of the first surface of a load beam, and a gimbal portion located at a distal end of the set of traces shaped as a gimbal flexure means. The invention describes specific embodiments, including head harnesses, suspension assemblies, and head suspension assemblies, as well as manufacturing methods.

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HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED40 WEST HIGHLAND PARK DRIVE NE HUTCHINSON MN 55350

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bennin, Jeffry S Hutchinson, MN 37 1137
Boucher, Todd Stewert, MN 7 300
Green, Jeffrey W Sioux Falls, SD 6 297
Gustafson, Gary E Darwin, MN 14 602
Jurgenson, Ryan Hutchinson, MN 5 294
Lien, Brent D Minneapolis, MN 43 793

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