Patent ID: 8390957
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A head suspension comprising: a load beam having a rigid part and a hinge part; a base plate resiliently supporting the rigid part through the hinge part of the load beam; a reinforcing plate comprising a metal plate, and being joined with a portion of the rigid part proximal to the hinge part, the metal plate including a portion defining an edge of the reinforcing plate on a middle portion of the load beam; and a bend formed on the middle portion of the load beam overlapping the portion of the metal plate defining the edge of the reinforcing plate in a thickness direction by plastically bending the load beam toward the reinforcing plate along the edge of the reinforcing plate, so that a front part of the load beam with respect to the bend shifts toward the reinforcing plate in the thickness direction relative to a base part of the load beam with respect to the bend.