US 11,798,586 B2
Suspension assembly with wiring member and disk device with the suspension assembly
Kenichiro Aoki, Machida Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,074.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-021348 (JP), filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0260542 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 5/48 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/4846 (2013.01) [G11B 5/486 (2013.01); G11B 5/4833 (2013.01); G11B 5/4853 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension assembly comprising:
a support plate;
a head supported by the support plate; and
a wiring member placed on the support plate,
wherein:
the wiring member includes a distal-end portion electrically connected to the head, a connection end portion extending outside the support plate, and a plurality of wires extending between the distal-end portion and the connection end portion; and
the connection end portion includes a cover layer with an opening having a predetermined length, thirteen or more connection terminals opposed to the opening, arranged at intervals in a length direction of the opening and connected to the wires, respectively, and a base layer superposed on the cover layer and the connection terminals and having a plurality of first openings opposed to part of each of the connection terminals and a plurality of second openings opposed to a space between adjacent connection terminals.