Flex cable with biased neutral axis

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2008-04-23

2010-10-12

Mayo, III, William H (Department: 2831)

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Conduits, cables or conductors

Insulated

C174S1170FF, C174S1170FF, C174S1170FF

Reexamination Certificate

active

07812258

ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for biasing a neutral axis of a flex cable in a hard drive are discussed. The hard drive comprises a flex cable, a read/write head, and a control card. The flex cable comprises a base film, adhesives, a conductive trace, a cover film, and a neutral axis. The neutral axis is configured to be biased so that stresses in the conductive trace are more compressive and less tensile than stresses without a biased neutral axis.

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