Patent ID: 7450345

Claim:
A magnetic disc apparatus having a magnetic disc on which information is recorded, a magnetic head used to at least one of record the information to said magnetic disc and reproduce the information from said magnetic disc, and a magnetic head supporting mechanism supporting said magnetic head on said magnetic disc, said magnetic head supporting mechanism comprising: a slider having said magnetic head mounted thereon; a load beam having an arm mounting portion and a pivot; and a gimbal having a mounting portion on which said slider is mounted, two flexible finger portions spaced from said load beam and supporting said mounting portion so that said slider is rotatable with respect to said pivot, and a base end portion which is joined to said load beam; wherein said load beam has two openings extending through said load beam at positions within said load beam and which are spaced from a peripheral outer edge surface of said load beam and in proximity to said pivot which enable viewing of a back surface of said mounting portion which is opposite to a surface of said mounting portion of said gimbal on which said slider is mounted.