Method and apparatus for connecting a micro-actuator to driver arm suspension

Suspension and prober designs for recording head testing

Method and apparatus for sensing leakage current to estimate and possibly adjust flying height of a read-write head in a hard disk drive

Head arm and information storage apparatus

Thin-film PZT micro-actuator integral with suspension of head gimbal assembly, and disk drive unit with the same

Magnetic head assembly bonding electrode pad of slider and electrode pad of flexible wiring substrate together by solder

MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING AuSn DISPERSION LAYER AND METHOD OF SOLDER BONDING

Head gimbal assembly with precise positioning actuator for read/write head and disk drive device with the head gimbal assembly

Soldering device and method for forming electrical solder connections in a disk drive unit

Micro-actuator and head gimbal assembly for a disk drive device

Micro-actuator including side arms having back-turned extensions, head gimbal assembly and disk drive unit with the same

Method of bonding metal ball for magnetic head assembly

Method for reducing PSA tilt through standoff relocation

Method for reducing PSA tilt through increased flexibility of contact pads

Method for reducing PSA tilt in Femto format sliders through increased adhesive area

Sway-type micro-actuator with slider holding arms for a disk drive head gimbal assembly

Suspension having magnetic head assembly mounted thereon and magnetic recording disk drive using the suspension

Connecting module for communication

Method for releasably mounting a head slider to a disk drive head suspension

Method of head stack assembly flexible circuit assembly attached to an actuator arm

Apparatus for providing an additional ground pad and electrical connection for grounding a magnetic recording head

Slider, magnetic head assembly and manufacturing the same

System and method for manufacturing a hard disk drive suspension flexure and for preventing damage due to electrical arcing

Magnetic head with projections on flexure holding slider

Composite head-electrical conditioner assembly

Wired circuit board

Micro-actuator, head gimbal assembly and disk drive unit with the same

Head gimbal assembly method with solder fillet formed by laser irradiating a shaped solder mass

Head suspension having wiring disposed in contact with slightly conductive flexible resin

Lead configuration for reduced capacitive interference in a magnetic read/write head

Hard disk drive connecting a flexible printed circuit and actuator having vertical mating

Recording heads having electrical pads on multiple surfaces

Method and apparatus for extending a cover layer formation with respect to a solder pad portion on an electrical lead suspension

Method and apparatus for reducing heat absorption around solder pads on an electrical lead suspension

Apparatus and method for reducing solder pad size and forming an opening in a base-metal layer of an electrical lead suspension (ELS)

Short-tail head gimbal assembly testing fixture

Head gimbal assembly provided with solder ball connecting structure allowing re-utilization of suspension

Interconnect and head gimbal assembly with the same

Magnetic head and head assembly

Conductive stud for magnetic recording devices and method of making the same

Thin-film magnetic head with heating element for adjusting magnetic spacing and control method of magnetic spacing

Microactuator, head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk drive

Magnetic head slider supporting device including conductor for reducing crosstalk between lines

Magnetic recording head for perpendicular recording, fabrication process, and magnetic disk storage apparatus mounting the magnetic recording head

Suspension board with circuit

Method and apparatus for electrically coupling a slider to a wireless suspension substrate

Head gimbal assembly with flying height controller, disk drive unit using the same, and flying height adjusting method and system thereof

HDD suspension and its manufacture

Micro-actuator including a leading beam pivot part, head gimbal assembly and disk drive unit with the same

Supporting mechanism for magnetic head slider and testing method for the magnetic head slider

System and apparatus for continuous reference plane for wireless suspension

Slider with bonding pads opposite the air bearing surface

Magnetic-head apparatus with microactuator having function of short-circuiting both electrodes of epiezoelectric elements and method of manufacturing the same

Magnetic disk drive head suspension having a lift tab which engages a limiter

Grounding connection between suspension flexure and arm actuator

Head gimbal assemblies for very low flying height heads with optional micro-actuators in a hard disk drive

Narrow track extraordinary magneto resistive [EMR] device

Micro-actuator, head gimbal assembly, disk drive unit and manufacturing method thereof

System and method for improving suspension-to-slider attachment in a hard disk drive

Method of manufacturing a head actuator assembly and a disk drive

Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process

Piezoelectric actuator head suspension unit employing piezoelectric actuator, and magnetic disk drive employing head suspension unit

System and method for manufacture of a hard disk drive arm and bonding of magnetic head to suspension on a drive arm

Method for manufacturing a suspension design for a co-located PZT micro-actuator

Method and apparatus for connecting a micro-actuator to driver arm suspension

Rotating disk storage device and integrated wire head suspension assembly

Head/slider supporting structure having lead wire inclined relative to slider pad

Mounting method of magnetic head component, magnetic head device and manufacturing method of magnetic head device utilizing solder balls with nonmelting cores

Digital device configuration and method

Digital device configuration and method

Method and apparatus for connecting metal structures on opposing sides of a circuit

Method for assembling an actuator head suspension

Digital device configuration and method

Digital device configuration and method

Electrical connection and component assembly for constitution of a hard disk drive

Microactuator, head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk drive

Treatment system and method for a head gimbal assembly static altitude control

Piezoelectric actuator and head assembly using the piezoelectric actuator

Suspension, head gimbal assembly and disk drive apparatus with head gimbal assembly

Interconnect for dissipating electrostatic charges on a head slider

FPC design and HGA assembly process

Method and apparatus coupling at least one piezoelectric device to a slider in a hard disk drive for microactuation

Method of making electromagnetic wave shielded write and read wires on a support for a magnetic media drive

Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations

Magnetic head supporting mechanism

Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension

Treatment system and method for a head gimbal assembly static altitude control

Integrated lead suspension and method of construction

Flexible, suspension, and head gimbal assembly with piezoelectric layer units addressable by a voltage

Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension

Integrated lead suspension and method of construction

Disk drive with controlled pitch static attitude of sliders on integrated lead suspensions by improved plastic deformation processing

Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension

Method of controlling pitch static attitude of sliders on integrated lead suspensions by improved plastic deformation processing

Electrical connection and component assembly for constitution of a hard disk drive

Rotary disk storage device and method

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Head suspension assembly, head stack assembly and disk apparatus

Method of head stack assembly flexible circuit assembly attached to an actuator arm

Slider

Magnetic head assembly having thin-film dummy patterns provided on surface of gimbal spring

Method of manufacturing head gimbal assembly, head gimbal assembly and hard disk drive

Hard disk drive suspension pad pre-solder formation and guiding

Hard disk drive suspension pad peel-prevention configuration

Disk device with flexure wiring spacing configuration

In-plane gimbal tongue microactuator system

Hard disk drive head assembly with tilt-preventing standoff formed on flexure cover beneath slider

Electrically conductive solder non-wettable bond pads in head gimbal assemblies

Data storage device suspension strut damping system

Slider with trailing edge top bond pad interconnect

Bond-pad sharing for head-level thermocouple

Gimbal test system

Bolometer with temperature compensation for internal laser power monitoring in heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Locating electrical contact pads on a slider body, and related row bars that include such slider bodies

Noise cancellation in multitransducer recording

Pad sharing for contact sensor and bolometer with temperature compensation in heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Bond pad sharing in head slider using null point center tap

Electrically conductive overlay for head-medium contact sensor

Flex-HGA connector assembly for hard disk drive

Suspension assembly, magnetic head suspension assembly, and disk device having the same

Bond pad sharing between a temporary contact sensor and a multiplicity of readers of a recording head

Bond pad sharing for powering multiple heaters of a magnetic recording head

Bond pad sharing for powering multiple components of a recording head

Bond pad sharing for powering a multiplicity of electrical components of a recording head

Pad sharing for contact sensor and bolometer with temperature compensation in heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Disk drive head stack assembly having height-controlled suspension circuit tail tack

Bolometer with temperature compensation for internal laser power monitoring in heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Magnetic recording head test fixture for heat assisted magnetic recording head

Noise cancellation in multitransducer recording

Wire bonding electrical lapping guides for tape head module

Combined write/active fly control for heat assisted magnetic recording in a reader over writer application

Assembly of DSA suspensions using microactuators with partially cured adhesive

Interconnect interposer attachable to a trailing edge of a slider

Head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with cover layer standoff islands

Storage device with adaptive voltage generation system

Microactuator bonding having increased adhesive exposure for more thorough adhesive cure

Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with a dielectric layer that has regions of lesser thickness

Disk drive slider with sense amplifier for coupling to a preamp through a supply/bias line and a read signal line

Storage device with adaptive voltage generation system

Disk drive head suspension tail with a noble metal layer disposed on a plurality of structural backing islands

Microactuated suspension with spring bias acting on conductive adhesive bond for improved reliability

Formed electrical contact pad for use in a dual stage actuated suspension

Method for head stack assembly rework

Multilayer disk drive motors having out-of-plane bending

Pseudo-differential shared-pin reader for two-dimensional magnetic recording

Piezoelectric disk drive suspension motors having plated stiffeners

Suspension circuit trace employing stacked traces and windowed stainless steel layer

Disk drive head suspension including a grounded conductive substrate

Integrated lead suspension (ILS) for two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) disk drive

Disk drive head suspension tail with ground pad outside of bonding region

Dual stage actuated suspension having adhesive overflow control channels

Grounding for a hard disk drive suspension tail

Method of manufacturing a magnetic recording head slider comprising bond pad having a probe contact area and a solder contact area

Suspension assembly having a microactuator electrically connected to a gold coating on a stainless steel surface

Multiple layered head interconnect structure

Method of manufacturing a disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with folded bond pads

Hard disk drive suspension with reduced PSA change due to humidity and temperature variations

Method for making a disk drive head suspension component having a microstructured surface region

Elongated trace tethers for disk drive head suspension flexures