Patent ID: 7460337
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive suspension component for carrying a slider at a disk, said component comprising a laminate of at least three metal layers of like mechanical and chemical formability, said laminate including a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and an intermediate layer, at least one of said layers having a void-containing interior and a surface area and comprising a series of local regions distributed across substantially the width and length thereof with each said local region equaling less than 10% of said surface area, each of said local regions having an overall pattern of discontinuities and lands between said discontinuities substantially the same as the overall pattern of discontinuities and lands in laterally and longitudinally adjacent local regions for local attachment of said layers at some and not all of said lands to adjacent layers to form a laminate having common formability properties.