Patent ID: 6215624
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive suspension for mounting to an actuator arm having a through opening and an actuator opening edge margin face theresurrounding, said suspension being adapted to cantilever-support from said actuator arm a slider disposed in operating proximity to a disk, said suspension comprising a suspension assembly of a load beam having a base portion and a mounting plate having a central boss and a surrounding base to which said load beam base portion is fixed, said boss defining a mounting plate through opening, said mounting plate base defining an edge margin face surrounding said mounting plate through opening and in opposed relation to said actuator arm edge margin face, said actuator arm and said mounting plate opposed edge margin faces defining distributed pairs of cooperating interfitting members on their respective opening edge margin faces, said interfitting members being arranged to block relative rotation between said actuator arm and said load beam mounting plate.