Patent ID: 7333299
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A head supporting mechanism comprising: a support arm with high rigidity; a suspension having a balance structure that can swing in a crossing direction to a recording medium surface on at least one load support point as a fulcrum set between said suspension and said support arm; and a load generating means generating a load, for pressing a head slider with at least one head element through said at least one load support point in a direction to said recording medium surface, said suspension comprising: a flexure with elasticity for supporting said head slider; a first load beam having first ribs for reinforcement at both longitudinal side ends of said first load beam, for supporting said flexure; and a second load beam having second ribs for reinforcement at both longitudinal side ends of said second load beam, at least a part of said second load beam being overlapped with said first load beam and being fixed to said first load beam, at least a part of said first and second ribs being overlapped with each other so that bending directions of said first and second ribs are the same.