ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,751, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Flexure and disk drive suspension" was invented by Tatsuhiko Nishida (Yokohama, Japan), Ryoichi Tazawa (Yokohama, Japan) and Shoku Tei (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexure includes a body portion including a first metal base, a terminal portion electrically connected to an actuator, and a connection portion connecting the body portion with the terminal portion and not including the first metal base. The wiring portion includes a base insulating layer, a conductor layer provided on the base insulating layer, and a cover insulating laye...