Patent ID: 6181529
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A suspension for a disk drive comprising:a suspension body provided with a head section at a distal end portion thereof,a support member having a supporting surface in a refuge zone, anda loading/unloading lug having a ridgeline and extending in an axial direction of the suspension body from the distal end portion of the suspension body, said loading/unloading lug being a tongue-shaped member projected forward from a front edge of said suspension body and having a width which is less than a width of the front edge of said suspension body, and said loading/unloading lug being adapted to run on the support member when the suspension body is moved to the refuge zone,wherein a cross section of the loading/unloading lug perpendicular to the axial direction of the suspension body is arcuate and an outer surface of the loading/unloading lug which contacts the supporting surface of the support member is convex, said outer surface being smoothed by coining, andwherein said loading/unloading lug has curved portions which are located at front and rear axial ends thereof, respectively, and at which the ridgeline extends away from the supporting surface of the support member to a corresponding one of the front and rear axial ends.