Patent ID: 7573679

Claim:
A magnetic head suspension comprising: a flexure having a magnetic head mounting region; a load beam portion connected to said flexure and having a dimple at a portion corresponding to said magnetic head mounting region; a load-bent portion generating a load for pressing a magnetic head to a magnetic disk via said load beam portion, said load-bent portion being formed by a member separate from a member forming said load beam portion; and a base portion connected to a rear region of said load-bent portion, wherein said member forming said load beam portion has a reinforcing flange structure that is symmetrical as viewed from the above based on a center longitudinal axis line, only within a range of ±0.25 L from a longitudinal center position located at L/2 from a rearmost portion of the load beam portion provided that a longitudinal length from the rearmost portion of the load beam portion to the dimple is L, and has no reinforcing structure other than said reinforcing flange structure.