A flexible printed circuit board using a lead-free solder is to be fixed
within a disk enclosure while ensuring a high rigidity. In one
embodiment, a rotating disk storage device comprises a flexible printed
circuit board (FPC), wherein there is formed a wiring pattern including a
signal line for the transmission of a signal of data read by a head in an
actuator head suspension assembly (AHSA) and wherein one side end portion
is fixed to a base and an opposite side end portion is fixed to the AHSA.
A first metallic plate and a second metallic plate are both fixed to one
side end portion of the FPC. A connector is disposed in an area where the
first metallic plate in the FPC is provided, and connected to the wiring
pattern. A shock sensor is disposed in an area where the second metallic
plate in the FPC is provided, and connected to the wiring pattern. A
reinforcing plate of a synthetic resin is, in an opposed state of the
first and second metallic plates fixed to one side end portion of the
FPC, held between the opposed faces of both metallic plates and is fixed
to the base together with both metallic plates.