Abstract: A head gimbal assembly, which is a component of a hard disk drive, has a bending portion that has elasticity and is bent at a predetermined angle under an unloaded condition, and a slider is bonded to a holding portion thereof by mounting the head gimbal assembly on a bonding jig in a state in which the bending portion is stretched. When the head gimbal assembly is separated from the bonding jig after bonding, the bending portion is not restored freely, so that the head gimbal assembly is caught by the bonding jig during the separating process and a locked state is sometimes established.

Abstract: A plurality of bonding pads formed on a slider are integrally joined to an elastic flexure for a disk drive suspension. The pads are ultrasonically bonded to the slider with leads that are held by the flexure. The bonding portions of the leads face and are pressed against the pads with ultrasonic waves. The leads are plastically deformed during these steps to prevent the flexure from being deformed after the ultrasonic bonding process.

Abstract: A head support arm of a disk drive device comprises; a front portion supporting a head/slider assembly, a rear portion pivotally mounted on a frame of the disk drive device, a bending portion between the front portion and the rear portion, a plurality of electrically conductive wires covered by a tube, and a first fixing position and a second fixing position symmetrically located on both sides of a center line of the head support arm at positions between the bending portion and the front portion, characterized in that the tube is attached to the head support arm between the bending portion and the rear portion, the plurality of electrically conductive wires extending from a front end of the tube on the side of the front portion of the head support arm extend over the bending portion and are divided into a first group and a second group, the first group of wires is fixed to the second fixing position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new tab structure for a head suspension assembly in a magnetic storage system. In the prior art method of assembly, a harness temporarily holds a wire assembly. The present invention eliminates the need for the harness, thereby reducing the number of parts and steps as well as improving productivity and quality. A flexure of a suspension assembly must be manufactured very precisely. The present invention provides a new tab structure either integral with or separate from the flexure. Wires bridge over to an extension on the tab structure at a predetermined distance from the end of the load beam. Positioning holes, using the extreme flatness of the tab structure, align the wires with the bonding pads of a head. The suspension assembly is subsequently bonded to the head, and the unwanted tab structure is removed to complete the head suspension assembly.

Abstract: A polyarylate comprising units derived from an aromatic carboxylic acid compound and units derived from a bisphenol compound and containing an epoxy group. According to the process of the present invention, the polyarylate having epoxy group can be economically prepared. Since the polyarylate of the present invention has epoxy group, it has the reactivity with amino group, hydroxyl group, acid anhydride group, or the like. Therefore, the polyarylate is mixed with another polymer to give a polymer alloy or is utilized as the precursor of a graft-copolymer, utilizing the reactivity.