Patent ID: 7379270
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A head supporting mechanism comprising a loading beam, a flexure attached to said loading beam and a head slider attached to said flexure wherein said loading beam has a proximal portion, a distal portion located on the outside of said head slider and an intermediate portion defined between said proximal portion and said distal portion while overlapping with said head slider, wherein a width of said intermediate portion, in a region at least overlapping with said head slider, is smaller than those of said head slider and said flexure, said proximal portion of the loading beam is formed to be a flat plate and tapered in width toward the distal end thereof, a proximal-side end of the intermediate portion of said loading beam is located at a position closer to said proximal portion, rather than a proximal side end of said head slider, and a distal-side end thereof is located at a position approximately corresponding to a distal-side end of said head slider closer to said distal portion.