HEAD ARM ASSEMBLY, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE AND SUSPENSION
A head arm assembly includes: a slider which has a head executing recording and/or reproducing operations of information onto and/or from an information recording medium, and which approaches or comes into contact with the information recording medium, a leaf spring holding the slider at its one end, an arm holding the other end of the leaf spring, provided with a groove at a predetermined position, and a tail extending from the leaf spring in a form of a band, which is provided with a conductive pattern connected to the head along the band, in which a halfway position of the band in a longitudinal direction is mounted in the groove of the arm, one of both edges at the position is directed toward the arm, and the tail has projections and depressions in a widthwise direction of the band on an edge opposite to the arm at the position.
1 . A head arm assembly comprising:
a slider which has a head executing recording and/or reproducing operations of information onto and/or from an information recording medium, and which approaches or comes into contact with the information recording medium,
a leaf spring which holds the slider at its one end,
an arm which holds the other end of the leaf spring and is provided with a groove at a predetermined position, and
a tail which extends from the leaf spring in a form of a band, which is provided with a conductive pattern connected to the head along the band, in which a halfway position of the band in a longitudinal direction is mounted in the groove of the arm, one of both edges at the position is directed toward the arm, and the tail has projections and depressions in a widthwise direction of the band on an edge opposite to the arm at the position.
2 . The head arm assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tail has curved corrugated projections and depressions as the projections and depressions.
3 . The head arm assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the arm has a groove deeper than a width of the tail as the groove.
4 . The head arm assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive which fixes the tail into the groove.
5 . The head arm assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the adhesive is applied to the edge of the groove and the projections and depressions of the tail, and fixes the tail into the groove.
6 . An information storage device comprising:
an information recording medium,
a slider which has a head executing recording and/or reproducing operations of information onto and/or from the information recording medium, and which approaches or comes into contact with the information recording medium,
a leaf spring which holds the slider at its one end,
an arm which holds the other end of the leaf spring and is provided with a groove at a predetermined position, and
a tail which extends from the leaf spring in a form of a band, which is provided with a conductive pattern connected to the head along the band, in which a halfway position of the band in a longitudinal direction is mounted in the groove of the arm, one of both edges at the position is directed toward the arm, and the tail has projections and depressions in a widthwise direction of the band on an edge opposite to the arm at the position.
7 . The information storage device according to claim 6 , wherein the tail has curved corrugated projections and depressions as the projections and depressions.
8 . The information storage device according to claim 6 , wherein the arm has a groove deeper than a width of the tail as the groove.
9 . The information storage device according to claim 6 , further comprising an adhesive which fixes the tail into the groove.
10 . The information storage device according to claim 9 , wherein the adhesive is applied to the edge of the groove and the projections and depressions of the tail, and fixes the tail into the groove.
11 . A suspension comprising:
a slider which has a head executing recording and/or reproducing operations of information onto and/or from an information recording medium, and which approaches or comes into contact with the information recording medium,
a leaf spring which holds the slider at its one end,
an arm which holds the other end of the leaf spring, and
a tail which extends from the leaf spring in a form of a band, which is provided with a conductive pattern connected to the head along the band, in which a halfway position of the band in a longitudinal direction is mounted in the groove of the arm, one of both edges at the position is directed toward the arm, and the tail has projections and depressions in a widthwise direction of the band on an edge opposite to the arm at the position.
12 . The suspension according to claim 11 , wherein the tail has curved corrugated projections and depressions as the projections and depressions.
13 . The suspension according to claim 11 , wherein the arm has a groove deeper than a width of the tail as the groove.
14 . The suspension according to claim 11 , further comprising an adhesive which fixes the tail into the groove.
15 . The suspension according to claim 14 , wherein the adhesive is applied to the edge of the groove and the projections and depressions of the tail, and fixes the tail into the groove.