Patent ID: 6442828
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a transducer suspension system comprising the steps of:providing a load beam having a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis, and a perpendicular axis, the load beam having a first and second ends, the load beam having a first and second plurality of load beam datum apertures; aligning a flexure member over the load beam, the flexure member comprised of an electrically conducting layer, an electrically insulating layer, and a support layer, the flexure member having a plurality of flexure datum apertures which correspond to the first plurality of load beam datum apertures, inserting of tooling members through the first plurality of load beam datum apertures and the flexure datum apertures; attaching the flexure member to the load beam; aligning an arm member underneath the load beam at the first end of the load beam, the arm member having a plurality of arm datum apertures which correspond to the second plurality of load beam datum apertures; inserting of tooling members through the arm member datum apertures and the second plurality of load beam datum apertures; attaching the arm member to the load beam.