Flex cable assembly with improved flex cable dynamic loop...

Details Flex cable assembly with improved flex cable dynamic loop... Flex cable assembly with improved flex cable dynamic loop...

2005-02-15

2005-02-15

Renner, Craig A. (Department: 2652)

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Head mounting

For shifting head between tracks

C360S097010, C361S689000, C361S749000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06856490

ABSTRACT:
A flex cable assembly for use in a disc drive data storage device includes a laminated flex cable and a flex cable support. The flex cable provides electrical communication paths between a moveable head stack assembly and a disc drive printed circuit board. The flex cable support comprises a base and adjacent first and second flex support portions with respective first and second flex support surfaces. The flex cable is routed along the flex support surfaces and exerts a spring force thereagainst as the flex cable attempts to return to a nominally planar orientation. The direction of the second flex support surface establishes the orientation of a dynamic loop between the flex cable support and the head stack assembly. Preferably, a portion of the flex cable pulls away from the second flex support surface to lengthen the dynamic loop in response to movement of the head stack assembly.

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