Patent ID: 6046883
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A head suspension for supporting a head slider over a disk surface in a rigid disk drive, comprising:a load beam having a load portion at a distal end of the load beam;a flexure at the distal end of the load beam, the flexure comprising a gimbal region having at least one longitudinal arm with a connection to a cantilever beam, the cantilever beam providing a head slider mounting surface, the gimbal region adapted for pitch and roll motion about transverse and longitudinal axes of the head suspension; anda limiter for limiting vertical displacement of the flexure, the limiter comprising an engagement tab and a limit element that operatively receives the engagement tab, with one of the engagement tab and the limit element provided at a location longitudinally offset from the connection between the longitudinal arm and the cantilever beam, and adjacent to the head slider mounting surface and the other of the engagement tab and the limit element provided at the load portion of the load beam, the tab and the limit element cooperating to limit motion of the flexure with respect to the load portion of the load beam.