Patent ID: 11862210
Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A disk drive suspension comprising:
a load beam including a base portion and a distal end portion; and
a flexure including outrigger portions extending in a longitudinal direction of the load beam and fixed to the load beam;
a sag bend portion formed between the base portion and the distal end portion of the load beam and bent in a thickness direction of the load beam;
a first portion on a side closer to the base portion at a border to the sag bend portion;
a second portion on a side closer to the distal end portion at a border to the sag bend portion;
weld portions which secure the load beam and the flexure to each other and support roots of the outrigger portions;
slit portions formed around the weld portions, respectively, such that each slit portion surrounds at least half of a circumference of the corresponding weld portion; and
outrigger support portions located inside the slit portions and extending in a direction different from that of the second portion in a cross-section along the longitudinal direction in the thickness direction of the load beam.