Patent ID: 6697226
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A suspension comprising:a longitudinal axis; a rigid load beam section extending longitudinally along the longitudinal axis and having first and second opposing lateral side edges with respective first and second stiffening rails which are bent out-of-plane with respect to a main body portion of the rigid load beam section and terminate at a distal end of the rigid load beam section; and a preload transfer section extending distally from the distal end of the rigid load beam section and having a third stiffening rail comprising a longitudinal bend, which is bent with respect to a main body portion of the preload transfer section and extends longitudinally from a location proximal to the distal end of the rigid load beam section to a location distal to the distal end of the rigid load beam section such that the longitudinal bend at least partially overlaps the first and second stiffening rails along the longitudinal axis.