Patent ID: 7586714

Claim:
A head suspension for a hard disk drive, comprising; a base configured to be attached to a carriage of the hard disk drive and turned around a spindle of the carriage; a load beam comprising: a rigid part having; a body extending in a longitudinal direction, said body having side edges opposing in a widthwise direction and extending substantially in the longitudinal direction, and rails rising from said side edges in a depthwise direction of said body and extending along said side edges, said body having a first body end proximate said base and beginning at a position defined by rail ends of said rails, and a second body end distal said base; and a joint portion extending from said first body end toward said base and outside of a position between said rails; a resilient part formed non-integral to said rigid part, said resilient part connecting said rigid part to said base, said resilient part having a base end attached to the base and a distal end portion distal said base and attached to both the joint portion and the body of the rigid part, said distal end portion being attached to the body of the rigid part at a position between said rails; and a head for writing and reading data to and from a disk arranged in the hard disk drive, the head being arranged at a front end of the load beam and receiving a load from he load beam; and a flexure attached to the load beam, supporting the head, and having read/write wires connected to the head.