Disk drive flexure assembly with a plurality of support bond pad apertures with a bond pad disposed over a bond pad support and part of each support bond pad aperture

摘要

A disk drive flexure ( 115' ) includes both a support layer ( 116 ) and an electrical insulator layer ( 122 ). A flex cable ( 101' ) is disposed on the electrical insulator layer ( 122 ), and includes a plurality of slider bond pads ( 106' ). The support layer ( 116 ) includes a bond pad support ( 119 ) for each slider bond pad ( 106' ). Each bond pad support ( 119 ) is aligned with only a portion of its corresponding slider bond pad ( 106' ), such that it supports less than an entirety of its corresponding slider bond pad ( 106' ).