Patent ID: 6014290
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A head suspension for supporting a head slider adjacent a rigid disk within a dynamic storage device, the head suspension having a longitudinal length, a lateral width defining opposite lateral edges, opposite first and second surfaces, and comprising an actuator mounting region at a proximal end of the head suspension, a head slider supporting region at a distal end of the head suspension for supporting the head slider on the first surface side of the head suspension, a stiffened rigid region intermediate the actuator mounting region and the head slider supporting region, integrated conductors extending across the first surface over at least a portion of the rigid region to the head slider supporting region, and a standoff spaced from the lateral edges and projecting outwardly from the first surface within at least a portion of the rigid region, said standoff extending beyond the integrated conductors and further than any other structure along a transverse path defined across the head suspension including the standoff.