Claims
- 1. A method for fixedly attaching covered wires to a load beam during the manufacturing of a head suspension assembly, said covered wires providing an electrical connection to a head slider that is to be mounted to the load beam, said method comprising the steps of:
- passing the covered wires through a tube;
- inserting a filler in a space between said tube and the covered wires within a portion of said tube at a point where clamping is required for attaching said covered wires to said load beam;
- curing said filler in said portion of said tube;
- visually identifying said point wherein said filler was inserted; and
- clamping said tube to said load beam at said point wherein said filler was inserted.
- 2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:
- said step of clamping said portion of said tube to the load beam includes the substep of deforming a claw section of the load beam.
- 3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said tube can transmit light and said filler can be cured by light transmitted through said tube, said step of curing said filler in said portion of said tube including the substep of:
- irradiating light on said portion of said tube.
- 4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said light is ultraviolet light.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said filler is a colored filler utilized to enhance said visual identifying step.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/455,576, filed May 31, 1995, now abandoned which is a division of Ser. No. 08/275,164 filed on Jul. 14, 1994, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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Continuations (1)
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