Patent ID: 6813119
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc drive suspension comprising:a load beam including a proximal portion and a distal end portion; a hinge member including an end portion on which the proximal portion of the load beam is fixed, and a flexible portion elastically deformable in a thickness direction thereof; a flexure fixed on the load beam and including a head portion; an extending portion extending sideways from a base plate mounting portion of the hinge member and having a part of the flexure fixed thereon; an elongated first hole formed in the extending portion, adapted have a first positioning pin inserted therein so as to allow the extending portion to move relative to the first positioning pin in a width direction of the extending portion; a large-diameter second hole formed in the extending portion, adapted to have a second positioning pin inserted therein so as to allow the extending portion to move relative to the second positioning pin in the width direction and in an axial direction of the extending portion; an elongated third hole formed in the flexure, adapted to have the first positioning pin inserted therein so as to allow the flexure to move relative to the first positioning pin in an axial direction of the flexure; and an elongated fourth hole formed in the flexure, adapted to have the second positioning pin inserted therein so as to allow the flexure to move relative to the second positioning pin in the axial direction of the flexure.