Patent ID: 7639455
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A head suspension comprising: a load beam resiliently supported with an arm and configured to apply load onto a head, the arm being turned around an axis, the head having a slider to write and read data to and from a hard disk; a flexure attached to the load beam, said flexure having a flexure main body portion supported fixed relative to said load beam and a tongue that supports the slider, the flexure main body portion having a distal end with respect to said axis, said flexure having a cutout area which forms an outer perimeter of the tongue and an edge of said flexure main body portion such that the tongue has a first end supported at the distal end of the flexure main body portion and a second end on said outer perimeter of the tongue disposed away from the distal end of the flexure main body portion and extended toward the arm, said second end being a free end having a free end edge on said outer perimeter; a limiter integrally formed from a part of the flexure which opposes the free end of the tongue in a longitudinal direction of the load beam; and the cutout area defining an unobstructed gap between the limiter and the free end edge permitting displacement of the free end edge in the longitudinal direction up to engagement with the limiter at which position the displacement is restricted by said engagement direction.