Patent ID: 11900973
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;
a flexure comprising a tongue on which a slider is to be mounted, and an outrigger connected to the tongue, the flexure overlapping the load beam; and
a damper material attached to the load beam and the outrigger,
wherein:
the damper material has a single-layer structure of a viscoelastic material,
the load beam comprises a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface,
the outrigger comprises a third surface at least partially facing the second surface, a fourth surface on an opposite side of the third surface, and a side surface connecting the third surface and the fourth surface, and
the damper material is attached to each of the second surface, the fourth surface and the side surface.