Patent ID: 8184403
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive suspension, comprising: a load beam; a flexure which is superposed on the load beam and includes a tongue on which a slider is mounted; a dimple which is disposed on the load beam and supports the slider for swinging motion; and a limiter which comprises a part of the tongue that is partially separated from a main portion of the tongue, and which suppresses movement of the slider; wherein the limiter includes a bent portion which is bent along a thickness of the tongue and an arm which extends from the bent portion toward a back surface of the dimple, and wherein the limiter is inserted into a hole in the load beam, and faces a receiving portion of the load beam, wherein the dimple having has a distal end which is inserted into an opening corresponding to the partial separation of the limiter, and which is in contact with a back surface of the slider; wherein a distal end of the arm of the limiter overlaps with the back surface of the dimple when viewed in a plan view of the load beam.