Patents Examined by William Klinowicz
  • Suspension of disc drive
    Patent number: 7359158
    Abstract: A suspension for disc drive has a base portion including a base plate, a load beam, a pair of hinge members, a wired flexure, etc. The wired flexure has a metal base and a wiring portion on the metal base. The hinge members are fixed overlapping the rear end portion of the load beam and the front end portion of the base plate. The wired flexure extends through a gap between the hinge members and ranges over the load beam and the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takikawa, Noriyuki Saito, Masao Hanya