Patent ID: 6597538
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
In a suspension for a disk drive having a load beam and a base plate, the load beam comprising:a beam body fixedly fitted with a flexure for supporting a head portion; a proximal portion fixedly fitted with the base plate; and a hinge portion situated between the beam body and the proximal portion and having bending stiffness lower than that of the beam body and the proximal portion, said base plate including a ring-shaped flange portion at its outer peripheral edge and a boss portion in the form of a short cylinder rising in the thickness direction of the base plate from an inner peripheral edge of the flange portion, the flange portion of the base plate having a substantially complete and circular periphery, wherein the proximal portion is bored with a hole having an inside diameter corresponding to the outside diameter of the base plate such that the round base plate can be fitted in the hole.