Patent ID: 7292411
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A head suspension for a disk drive, comprising: a base to be attached to a carriage; a load beam having a rigid part and a resilient part supported by the base, to apply load on a data read/write head arranged at a front end of the rigid part; a flexure attached to the load beam and provided with the head; and guide faces formed on opposing edges of the rigid part, the guide faces being formed by providing the edges of the rigid part with thin parts thinner than adjacent portions of the rigid part, said adjacent portions being adjacent to the thin parts in an across-the-width direction of the rigid part; and said flexure including conductors that are disposed on and extend over said rigid part between said guide faces and to said base, said flexure and said conductors being disposed so as to not cross over said guide faces and said guide faces being free of said conductors passing thereover.