Patent ID: 9117466
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive suspension comprising: a load beam; a flexure with a metal base supported by the load beam, the flexure comprising a tongue on which a slider is mounted, and a pair of arms formed on both sides of the tongue; and a conducting member connected to the slider, wherein the conducting member includes an insulating layer made of an electrically insulating resin and conductors formed on the insulating layer, and the conducting member comprises unsupported conductive circuit portions which do not overlap with the metal base and which comprise curved bendable portions that protrude toward the pair of arms, respectively, wherein the tongue comprises a pair of supporting portions to which end portions of a pair of microactuator elements are secured, respectively, wherein the conducting member further comprises bridge members to mutually connect the unsupported conductive circuit portions and the tongue between the unsupported conductive circuit portions and the tongue, and wherein the bridge members are formed of a resin which is the same material as the electrically insulating resin of the insulating layer, and the bridge members comprise: