Disk drive flexure assembly with a plurality of support bond pad apertures with a bond pad disposed over a bond pad support and part of each support bond pad aperture

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PATENT NO 7403357
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11194874

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A disk drive flexure (115') includes both a support layer (116) and an electrical insulator layer (122). A flex cable (101') is disposed on the electrical insulator layer (122), and includes a plurality of slider bond pads (106'). The support layer (116) includes a bond pad support (119) for each slider bond pad (106'). Each bond pad support (119) is aligned with only a portion of its corresponding slider bond pad (106'), such that it supports less than an entirety of its corresponding slider bond pad (106').

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  • MAXTOR CORPORATION

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Williams, Stephen P Morgan Hill, CA 32 868

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