Patent ID: 8289654

Claim:
A head assembly comprising: a slider having a head element; a load beam; a fulcrum formed at a top end section of said load beam; a slider support plate for supporting said slider to freely turn around said fulcrum; at least one drive element for applying a turning force to said slider support plate in a plane thereof; and a first outrigger part and a second outrigger part for regulating an attitude angle of said slider support plate in a rolling direction and a pitching direction, and for pushing said slider support plate against said fulcrum, said first outrigger part and said second outrigger part including a first linear link part and a second linear link part, respectively, said first linear link part having at both ends a first top end joint part mechanically connected to said slider support plate, and a first base end joint part mechanically connected to said load beam; and said second linear link part having at both ends a second top end joint part mechanically connected to said slider support plate, and a second base end joint part mechanically connected to said load beam, both of an extended line of said first linear link part and an extended line of said second linear link part traveling toward a position of said fulcrum and intersecting with each other, wherein each of said first linear link part and said second linear link part is formed by bending a part of a plate member that is integrally fonned with said slider support plate, and a bending direction of the part of the plate member is a direction to a surface of the plate member opposite to a surface on which said at least one drive element is mounted.