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A DISK DRIVE HAS AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT (62, 70; 80, 80A) FOR COUPLING ONE OR MORE CONDUCTORS (56) PROVIDED ON AN ACTUATOR ARM TO A FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR (80, 80A). THE INTERCONNECT CONSISTS OF ONE OR MORE TABS (62, 70) EXTENDING BEYOND A PERIPHERAL EDGE (52) OF THE ACTUATOR ARM (26) AND ONE OR MORE SLOTS (88, 91) FORMED ON THE FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR (80) TO RECEIVE THE TABS (62, 70). AFTER THE TABS (62, 70) ARE INSERTED INTO THE CORRESPONDING SLOTS (88, 91), THE TABS (62, 70) AND FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR (82) DEFINE L-SHAPED JOINTS. SOLDER BEADS (93) ARE DEPOSITED IN THESE L-SHAPED JOINTS TO ELECTRICAL COUPLED THE ACTUATOR ARM (26) TO THE FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR (80, 80A). (FIG. 4).