Patent ID: 6369986
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive suspension comprising a load beam and a flexure carrying a slider for contact or not with a disk, said load beam comprising a base portion, a rigid beam portion extending in a plane and having rigidity-imparting left and right edge rails each comprising rearward, forward and intermediate rail sections, and a spring portion between said base and rigid beam portions, said rigid beam portion having rearward, forward and intermediate beam sections corresponding to said rearward, forward and intermediate rail sections, respectively; said forward beam section extending along the length of and mounting said flexure, said rearward beam section being attached to said spring portion, and said intermediate beam section having opposing left and right intermediate rail section discontinuities having parallel opposing edges when said intermediate beam section on both sides of said discontinuities is in said plane, said intermediate beam section bending at said discontinuities out of said plane and toward said disk when said slider is out of disk contact to put said slider in a pitch-up attitude and not bending out of said plane toward or away from said disk or making nonparallel said edges when said slider is in disk contact under spring portion loading.