Patent ID: 7183696

Claim:
A suspension assembly on which a head slider having a thin film magnetic head is to be mounted, the suspension assembly comprising: a flexure having a flexure electrode formed on a first surface of the flexure; and a thin film piezoelectric element for displacing the head slider relative to the suspension assembly, wherein the thin film piezoelectric element includes: a laminate comprising a piezoelectric film, and a pair of electrode films placed so as to sandwich the piezoelectric film in between; a resin film formed so as to cover the laminate; and a resin film electrode formed on an electrode region of a surface of the resin film and electrically connected to one of the electrode films, the electrode region of the resin film faces the first flexure surface, wherein the resin film is formed so that a thickness of the electrode region is larger than a thickness of a region of the resin film corresponding to a displaced portion of the laminate; and wherein the thin film piezoelectric element is relatively fixed to the flexure by electrically connecting the resin film electrode to the flexure electrode.