Claims
- 1. A method of manufacturing a transducer suspension system comprising the steps of:providing a load beam having a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis, and a perpendicular axis, the load beam having a first and second ends, the load beam having a first and second plurality of load beam datum apertures; aligning a flexure member over the load beam, the flexure member comprised of an electrically conducting layer, an electrically insulating layer, and a support layer, the flexure member having a plurality of flexure datum apertures which correspond to the first plurality of load beam datum apertures, inserting of tooling members through the first plurality of load beam datum apertures and the flexure datum apertures; attaching the flexure member to the load beam; aligning an arm member underneath the load beam at the first end of the load beam, the arm member having a plurality of arm datum apertures which correspond to the second plurality of load beam datum apertures; inserting of tooling members through the arm member datum apertures and the second plurality of load beam datum apertures; attaching the arm member to the load beam.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the flexure member is mounted to a frame at a plurality of attachment points and the frame is cut at the attachment points.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the attachment points has a notch section in the load beam and the arm at said one of the attachment points.
- 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the frame has as electrically conduction layer, and electrically insulating layer, and a support layer, and wherein at least one of the attachment points is an electrical termination pad and the termination pad is attached to the frame with the electrically conducting layer, electrically insulating layer, and support layer in a staggered non-overlying relationship at the attachment point.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of load beam datum apertures are smaller than the corresponding flexure datum apertures and the second plurality of load beam datum apertures are smaller than the corresponding arm datum apertures.
Parent Case Info
This applications is a division of application Ser. No. 09/087,019, filed on May 29, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,052,258 issued Apr. 18, 2000 entitled “Transducer Suspension System”, in the name of David W. Albrecht, Thomas R. Albrecht, Satya Prakash Arya, Tzong-Shii Pan, Surya Pattanaik and Victor Wing Chun Shum.
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