Patent ID: 7568277

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a multi-piece head suspension, including: providing a beam component including: a beam carrier strip; a beam region having edges with free portions and tab portions; and one or more beam tabs connecting the beam carrier strip to the tab portions of the beam region edges; providing a hinge component including: a hinge carrier strip; a hinge region having: a spring component; edges with tab portions; and one or more hinge tabs connecting the hinge carrier strip to the tab portions of the hinge region edges; forming rails on the free portions of the beam region edges of the beam component while the beam component is supported by the beam carrier strip; attaching the beam region of the beam component to the spring component of the hinge region; detabbing the beam tabs of the beam component from the beam carrier strip while the hinge component is supported by the hinge carrier strip; and forming rails on the tab portions of the beam region edges of the beam component after detabbing the beam tabs and while the hinge component is supported by the hinge carrier strip.