Patent ID: 6147839
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A head suspension for supporting a read/write head adjacent a rotating data storage device, the head suspension having opposite lateral side edges and a longitudinal length with opposite proximal and distal ends, a rigid support region of the head suspension adjacent the head suspension proximal end and a rigid load region of the head suspension adjacent the head suspension distal end, a resilient spring region formed in the head suspension between the support region and the load region, the head suspension comprising:a pair of outriggers connecting the head suspension load region to the head suspension support region while bypassing the head suspension spring region, the outriggers being positioned laterally outside from, and unattached to, opposite lateral side edges of the resilient spring region such that the outriggers increase the lateral stiffness and sway frequency of the head suspension without appreciably effecting spring rate of the head suspension.