Hitachi GST Files Patent Application in India

Netherlands-based Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V filed patent application for a suspension system.
 
The inventors are Satya Prakash Arya, A. David Erpelding, Darell Dean Palmer and Surya Pattanaik.

The patent application was filed on July 16, 1998. The patent application number is 1592/MAS/1998 A. The international classification numbers are G11B005/48 and G11B021/16.

According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "A suspension member has integral electrical conductor leads which extend along its length to a rear tail section. The leads extend beyond the tail section for electrical connection with a reception pad member. The distal ends of the leads have recessed areas in the terminal edge to encourage the flow of liquid solder into the joint. The tail section has a pair of tab members which are received in apertures in the reception pad member in order align the leads correctly."