Patent ID: 7987582

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a head gimbal assembly including a head slider having a magnetic head element, a micro-actuator for minutely driving the head element, the head slider being adhesively bonded to the micro-actuator, and a suspension on which the head slider and the micro-actuator are mounted, comprising: mounting the micro-actuator on the suspension and fixing the micro-actuator to a tip portion of the suspension before the head slider is adhesively bonded to the micro-actuator, the suspension comprising a flexure to which the micro-actuator is adhesively bonded, and a moving plate which is supported independently of the flexure and on which an electrical connecting portion of the head slider is formed; and adhesively bonding the head slider to the micro-actuator mounted on the suspension with adhesive through which the head slider and an arm of the micro-actuator are adhered to each other, the adhesive expandable to the moving plate so that the moving plate is also adhesively bonded.