Patent ID: 8151440

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a head suspension, comprising the steps of: punching, by use of a hollow punch having a tooth portion at a distal end thereof, a vibration damper piece out from a base material having a vibration damper provided detachably on a liner through an attaching surface without punching out the liner, to hold the vibration damper piece on a hollow internal surface of the punch that has a holding force larger than an attaching force of the vibration damper to the liner; moving the punch holding the vibration damper piece away from the liner to detach the vibration damper piece from the liner; positioning the punch holding the vibration damper piece on an objective portion of a semi-finished head suspension; and attaching, by pushing on the vibration damper piece with a solid extruding implement, the vibration damper piece on the objective portion with the attaching surface through extruding the vibration damper piece from the punch.