Patent ID: 6989968
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A magnetic head suspension comprising: a flexure having a magnetic-head mounting region; a load beam connected to said flexure; a load-bent portion having a distal end region connected to said load beam to generate a load causing a magnetic head to be pressed onto a magnetic disk; a base connected to a proximal end region of said load-bent portion; said load beam including a proximal end region connected to the distal end region of said load-bent portion, an intermediate region extending distally from said proximal end region, and a distal end region extending distally from said intermediate region to said magnetic-head mounting region; said proximal end region of said load beam provided with a proximal-end widthwise beam extending in the width direction, and first and second proximal-end lengthwise beams respectively extending from opposite ends of the proximal-end widthwise beam towards the distal end of the load beam so as to be positioned on one side and on an opposite side with respect to a longitudinal center axis of said load beam, respectively, in which said first and second proximal-end lengthwise beams are inclined to the longitudinal center axis of the load beam as they advance towards the distal end of the load beam; said intermediate region of said load beam provided with first and second intermediate lengthwise beams respectively extending from the distal ends of the first and second proximal-end lengthwise beams towards the distal end of the load beam, so that a space enclosed by said proximal-end widthwise beam, said first and second proximal-end lengthwise beams, and said first and second intermediate lengthwise beams defines an opening, in which said first and second intermediate lengthwise beams extend in parallel to the longitudinal center axis of the load beam or are inclined to the longitudinal center axis of the load beam as they advance towards the distal end of the load beam; and said first and second proximal-end lengthwise beams having an angle of inclination relative to the longitudinal center axis of the load beam greater than an angle of inclination of said first and second intermediate lengthwise beams relative to the longitudinal center axis of the load beam, respectively.